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Quin's Blog post # 1: Tiny Signals
How many times have you wished that you could read your horse’s mind or longed for a magic spell to make your horse talk, even for just a minute? I don’t know about you, but if I had a penny for every time I’ve made that wish,
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Question # 324: How do you transfer the better position from riding with no stirrups into riding with them again?
Lesley's Corner
The Crest Release, the Automatic Release, and Everything In Between (With Pictures!)
There are a huge range of possible different releases that a rider can use when jumping a horse over a fence. Learn all about the different types in this article, with lots of picture examples. Do you know which one YOU should be striving for, for different jumping situations??
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Guest Blog post # 100: "When 'Alt' IS Right" by Bill Woods
Recently on one of those community Facebook pages someone posed the question “What’s the most important quality to establish in your horse?” If you discount the glib, knee-jerk clichéd replies, it’s a question that defies a single answer given the huge variation from one horse to the
Dr. Haefner's Advice
Dr. Haefner's Blog post # 6: The Importance of Fundamentals
I had the pleasure of auditing the William Fox-Pitt Clinic at Morningside Training Farm last week. While I was struck by many things I heard and observed, the most striking for me was his focus on the fundamentals of good horsemanship. Whether he was working with 3*/4* riders
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Question # 322: Kayla has some new jumps and has a question about what to set up for a green horse.
Educational Discussions
Video Discussion # 103: On teaching a horse to be quick and clever, or to "pat the ground" when jumping from a deep distance.
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Question # 319: Question about your advice to do lots of transitions back and forth from trot to canter to loosen up a horse's back...
Dr. Haefner's Advice
Dr. Haefner's Blog post # 5: Essential Ingredients for Positive Performance States: Discomfort Tolerance
Clients ask me great questions about a wide range of issues. They want to to know how to achieve positive performance states, deal with anxiety, accelerate their learning, regulate their energy, strengthen their motivation, and manage their behavior, just to name a few. It is relatively easy for me to
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Guest Blog post # 99: "Higher and Higher" by Bill Woods
Our horses have to put up with more than unclear aids, unbalanced riders, mosquitoes, and our whimsical travel plans for them. At times what they are able to endure shocks even us. At one show the dressage court was placed within a high fenced enclosure. There was enough room for
Dr. Haefner's Advice
Dr. Haefner's Blog post # 4: Are You Ready to Learn?
Are You Ready to Learn? Building a solid psychological foundation in equestrian sport This post was first published in 2013 and remains as relevant today as it was then or eighteen years ago when I first starting talking about the Pillars of Success and helping riders build a solid psychological