Equitare Close Contact Saddle with Adjustable Gullet

Getting ready for your first horse show? It’s about more than shiny tack and a perfect packing list. Whether you're riding patterns, jumping fences, or running barrels, horse shows are all about testing—and celebrating—the partnership between you and your horse. Here's what to know beyond what to pack.

From the very beginning, it was clear that therapeutic riding gave me more than just improved mobility. Riding gave me freedom. In the saddle, I wasn’t defined by the tightness in my muscles or my asynchronous gait. I was just a little girl on a horse, moving with him, together as one being. I didn’t know it then, but I was feeling more than just freedom—I was feeling a sense of equality and autonomy that I never knew on the ground