From Good to Better, or at least no worse.

ShareI was asked recently to ride a string of ponies who had begun to unravel. The string is a mixture of Argentine and American. All had been ridden by professionals during training and up to their sale to my new client. She had bought the horses at different times and each time been hugely satisfied [...]

Hanalei…..She stops!

ShareGo to: http://gallery.me.com/christian.moon/100110 In this vid Hanalei gets her 14th (or so) ride. The rider, me, makes a mistake and then corrects himself. All ends well. Enjoy.

How to start stopping.

ShareThe snow is piled up outside so I thought I’d take some time to put pen to paper on what is probably the most important thing a horse can learn for it’s polo career. The stop. The stop plays into most of the things we do in polo, and in training the young horse it [...]

Legs and weight.

ShareHorse Training & Riding by Christian Moon Topic: Legs and weight. Reins should be held lightly and never used with intent to do harm. The effectiveness of the rein aids is dependent upon how the rider uses his legs and weight, so rein aids on their own are not complete in facilitating anything more then [...]

PoloZONE Adds Two New Bloggers To Our String!

SharePoloZONE would like to welcome Christian Moon and Charles Ward to our string of bloggers.  Christian Moon has been providing helpful tips on PoloZONE’s message board for years.  His topics range from horse starting and training to polo tactics and riding basics.  His blog is titled “Horse Training Tips” which often include links to training [...]

Is your horse broke?

ShareFor most the question of whether or not their horses are broke is an easy one to answer, after all, it plays the game. On the other hand what if it plays the game but it always has to be  ridden in sets, or it has to be tied to a bungy cord on the [...]

Know your leads and why you use them.

ShareWednesday, March 18, 2009 – By Christian Moon You have the ball on your right hand side and are approaching goal along the boards with goal the ever narrowing target on your left. Did you think to change your lead, or even check it? What is a “lead”? What lead should you be on?So let’s [...]

Rein Action, weight and leg action.

ShareThursday, March 5, 2009,  – By Christian Moon There is no way to talk about how to use your reins without first saying something about the bit. The reins may be the lines of communication, but the bit is the receiver and any reception can be marred by improper bit placement so that the horse [...]