Ani Petrak - Certified Equine Addict!

Ani Petrak is a freelance linguist and writer based in the Czech Republic. A lifelong English rider and groom, she has experience showing in dressage, hunter-jumpers, trail, and young horse in-hand competitions. She is currently working with a Grand Prix showjumping and dressage trainer while raising and training her young warmblood gelding for a career in dressage, working equitation, and cross-country hacking.

Articles by Ani Petrak

5 Best Winter Horse Riding Jackets

5 Best Winter Horse Riding Jackets

Top 5 Women's Winter Riding JacketsAt the risk of sounding cliché, the weather outside is truly frightful for most of us in the Northern hemisphere. Mixes of rain, snow, sleet, wind, and dropping temperatures can threaten to make us say, “see you in spring, horses!”...

The Best Boots for Beginner Riders

The Best Boots for Beginner Riders

I have been bitten, kicked, dragged, chased, and bumped into by horses. They have bucked me off when jumping and riding bareback, in shows, in lessons, and on the trail. I can remember each of those instances distinctly. But there is one category of injury that has...

Training your Horse to Accept a Vacuum

Training your Horse to Accept a Vacuum

Horse grooming: the invigorating sport of transferring grime from the horse’s body to your own. An especially effective upper body workout during the spring, or any time a show is right around the corner. If you think that you do not have enough time or upper body...

The Best Electric Fences for Horses

The Best Electric Fences for Horses

They say that good fences make good neighbors. This must have been thought up by a horse owner originally, because the motto of every horse seems to be “don’t fence me in.” No matter what the reason, every horse seems dead-set on finding a way out of the paddock or...

Massage Therapy for Horses

Massage Therapy for Horses

If you are like many horse owners, your horse has a better life than you do. He has multiple vets, a farrier, a chiropractor, a personal trainer, life with friends, and a maximum of one hour of light work per day. When he walks, breathes, or blinks funny, you get...

The Best Toys for Stall Boredom

The Best Toys for Stall Boredom

Imagine you are in a small house all day and all night. You are not able to get outside to exercise for more than an hour, maybe a few per day, and even then, it may not be the exercise you would choose for yourself. You don't have direct contact with your friends,...

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