If you're wondering how often you should ride your horse, that depends on some factors around your horse actually, such as :

How much exercise your horse gets is a large factor in how often you should ride him. Your horse needs to work out on a regular basis to stay lean and trim. A horse that doesn't get regular exercise becomes flabby and has a lot less stamina for activities such as riding. If he spends his days on the pasture where he can run, he will likely get enough exercise. However if he is a horse that spends more than a day a week locked in a stall, you will need to ride him at least three times a week to help him keep fit.

The feed that you give your horse works like fuel in a gas tank. He will need to burn off what he eats, especially if it is a "high octane" food such as oats. Horses with pent up energy tend to act up and not pay attention to training - pay attention to what you feed him and work him appropriately and this should not be an issue for you.

You need to work with your horse on a regular basis. If you neglect training your horse, he will soon "forget" the things you have trained him for and you'll quickly have a battle of wills between yourself and your horse. Find the balance between time, training and exercise and you'll have a happy and healthy horse companion that enjoys going for rides for years to come.

Training a headstrong horse is a real challenge of both your training skills as well as your patience. A headstrong horse will do some do some of the following:

*Bucking and rearing instead of allowing you to ride him.
*Moving away when you attempt to saddle him.
*Running away when you try to mount him.
*Ignores your commands when riding him.

If you said yes to more than one of the above items, congratulations! You have a headstrong horse. Now fortunately, you can "untrain" these bad habits but it takes some time and you must be consistent in your training and never, ever punish your horse by whipping or hitting for being headstrong. It will cause him to trust you less and it may increase the acting out, and basically being headstrong is a form of temper tantrum. Don't reward it with any type of attention, instead use the distraction method much like you would for a small child having a tantrum.

Rearing and bucking are easily combatted. The trick is to get his feet back on the ground as quickly as possible and you do this by moving him forward. A horse that is moving is using all four feet and won't be able to rear, buck or kick. Work him in this manner until he is distracted enough to settle down and forgets what set him off in the first place. Do this on every occasion he displays himself in a headstrong manner.

If your horse bolts, let him. Keep him running until he's tired of it. When he learns bolting only makes him tired, he'll lessen that behavior as well. You can get more control by using a stronger bit during his retraining.

Use these techniques to reassert your position as top horse over your horse and praise him when he responds positively, horses love praise - even the headstrong ones!