EighteenHands

Last weekend, Lauren took her 4 year old German Warmblood, “Capone” to a local trainer who practices “Natural Horsemanship” in hopes of finding a gentle but effective way of training and backing him. Her previous trainer,while extremely knowledgeable, had a traditional ”punishment and reward” approach to training and “breaking” horses and those methods seemed ineffective on Capone. [...]

Do you read the comments that fellow plus sized riders post in response to my blog entries? I do! While I appreciate all of the kind words that each and every one of you have to say, some reader comments touch my heart and reinforce the fact that by creating the community that is EighteenHands, [...]

A good friend once told me, “You’re not a real Cowgirl unless you’ve fallen off 3 times.”                                                                                             ~Lauren Bavosi

If you don’t have Irideon Riding Wear on your list of go-to brands of plus-size riding apparel, you simply must check them out! Irideon has high quality breeches, tights, and tops up to size 3X for your plus size riding enjoyment! You can also find them on Facebook! Does anyone have Irideon Riding Wear? Be sure [...]

I don’t know about you, but I always find saddle pads an inch or two, too short for my 19″ saddle. Finding a pad long enough was a struggle until I discovered the TuffRider Pad. These pads are almost 2 inches longer than all of the other standard pads out there so they fit my [...]

As many of you have probably caught on from my past blog posts, Kerrits is my favorite riding apparel brand. Their products are comfortable, functional, and stylish and they are pretty much all that I buy for tights and breeches. I bought a few new items this weekend, rode in both of them, and I [...]

Campbell and I completed our first hunter pace this Sunday at Upton State Forest with Lauren and Jay. We attended the BVDCTA Fall Hunter Pace and it was SO MUCH FUN! Both horses did amazingly well and completed the 6-mile course with no trouble and no silly behavior! Lauren and I are so Happy and [...]

Hey girls… It’s been a few days since my last post because I was out and about all weekend on a lot of fun-filled horsey adventures! In my travels I discovered an awesome tack shop that I simply must mention. Equine Essentials Tack Shop Equine Essentials is located at 2 Fairlawn Ave in Oxford, MA. This [...]

Just some pictures of Cam-the Man and I goofing around in the ring…  Now it’s your turn…upload pictures of you and your horse at www.facebook.com/eighteenhands   PLEASE NOTE: ALWAYS wear helmets for safety when riding. I took mine off for photographic purposes only.   x0x0 ~Lizzy

Howdy Everyone! Being a plus size princess, voluptuous vixen, or big-sexy cowboy usually means one thing…We need BIG Saddles to fit our big ASSets! I don’t know how you feel but I think that the big saddles are extremely hard to come by! I can hardly find a saddle with a seat bigger than a 17″ [...]