Setting New Year's Resolutions with Your Horse

January 11, 2016 2 min read

Setting New Year's Resolutions with Your Horse We all have those New Year’s Resolutions set, but it never hurts to set one a little after the New Year! Have you set any goals for you and your horse for 2016? Now is a great time to start thinking about some goals. This will help you evaluate your 2015 career and look into the future for 2016 to envision where you would like to see you and your horse. You can even try something that you’ve never done before! If you haven’t set any horse related goals yet, here are a few ideas:
  • Improve your relationship with your horse

  • Try a different discipline

  • Train hard and attend a circuit show you’ve never been to before

  • Meet new horse friends

  • Attend a clinic

  • Spend more time with your horse!

  • Get yourself in solid equestrian shape

  • Give that older horse in your barn some more TLC

  • Get back in the show ring!

  • Go on an overnight trail ride with friends

  • Shadow your vet for a day

  • Subscribe to an educational horsey magazine

  • Sell some of your older / unused equipment

  • Make some homemade horse treats

  • Educate yourself on equine nutrition and make sure your horse is getting the best of the best

  • Switch horses with your friend for a ride

  • Teach someone that has always loved horses how to ride

  • Give back by dedicating your time to a therapeutic riding center

No goal is too big and no goal is too small! Get out there with your horse and enjoy 2016! Happy New Year!

BONUS TIP: Try a new product to make your horse feel better this year. Browse the Benefab Product line!



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