Discover Horse Agility with Equuality

What is Horse Agility?

The essence of Horse Agility is a horse and human partnership using exemplary groundwork skills, communication, and imagination to navigate obstacles

Agility has been around for as long as horses and humans have been partnering to make each other's lives more fruitful. As a discipline, Agility has developed from the reawakened understanding that communication on the ground is the foundation of great horsemanship. This understanding has led individuals world wide to hone groundwork skills to the point of being an art form.

As a sport, Horse Agility is the first internationally competitive equestrian activity to reward relationship and communication over arbitrary goals and to focus on ground skills alone. One of the major things that separates Horse Agility from other equestrian sports is that the competitions are designed to be fun for horses and humans of all levels.

Is Horse Agility for me?

Horse Agility is for anyone who wants to have tons of fun using the tools of horsemanship to master a challenging activity with their horse as a equal teammate. You don't even need to have the desire or ability to ride (though if you do, Agility will enhance your riding experiences exponentially!)

You can be young or old (or somewhere in the middle), a seasoned horseman or newly-bitten by the bug (or somewhere in the middle), amateur or professional (or somewhere in the middle), involved in high level competition or back-yard play (or somewhere in the middle), fiercely competitive or happy no matter your placing (or somewhere in the middle).

Horse Agility really is for everyone, from the novice to the professional, the mini-pony to the mule.

Why should I try Horse Agility?

The reasons are manifold and too long to list, but here are a few:

• You are uninterested in riding (because of injury/illness/bad experiences/uncontrollable love of mini-ponies/ethical concerns/any other reason).

• You really like to ride, but love deepening your horsemanship skills and relationship on the ground.

• You are new to horses and are looking for a way to socialize and learn great foundation skills.

• Your equine companion is too old/small/uninterested for traditional competitive disciplines.

• You love to have fun, you love for your horse to have fun, and you think what you do together should be recreation for both of you.

How can I get involved?

All you need is a space to play with your horse, some basic obstacles (a ground poll or two, a tarp, maybe an exercise ball or hula-hoop), and a dash of imagination. Just play and see what you and your horse can come up with!

To become involved with the sport of Horse Agility is also quite easy. Each month the international Horse Agility Club hosts a video competition

Members of the club are provided with a course diagram, description of obstacles, and a video walkthrough. They can practice as much as they want and then, when they're ready, upload an unedited video of their best effort to YouTube for judging. It's a wonderful way for individuals or groups to start getting involved with the competitive side of things.

Horse Agility is growing at an amazing rate. Soon individuals will also be able to join local clubs and participate in local, regional, and national competitions.