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Guest Blog post # 105: "Meet the New USDF Dressage Tests" by Bill Woods
Not unlike the cicadas hatching out, every four years we are treated to a new set of dressage tests to complain about, habituate ourselves to, and then act like they’ve been this way forever. With some cycles there are big changes, but if the older ones were generally satisfactory,
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 12: "Failure" is NOT an Option!
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Question # 342: Kayla has a question about how to set distances for jumping training, with a horse that has a shorter than average stride.
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1946
"The rider who can give the soonest has the prettiest horse" ~ Unknown
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 11: Bubble Wrap Your Rider?
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 10: Appreciate Complexity... Work on Simplicity
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Guest Blog post # 104: "Everything in Context" by Bill Woods
So the WEG is over. If you watched it streaming or were there live, you saw some wonderful horses and great rides. There was much to emulate. One word of caution: nothing exists in a vacuum. So if you were taken with how quietly everyone rode, don’t make that
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 9: Each rider is UNIQUE... Speak thoughtfully - Listen Carefully
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Rule Quiz # 33: What are the rules regarding what type of whip you can carry for cross country?
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Sport Psych in a Minute, with Dr. Haefner - Video # 8: Power Your Performance Through Relationships
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