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As I look back on the hundreds of blog posts I have written, one recurring theme is the need to be clear and definite in the way you communicate with your horse . . . not to be passive, to be the Alpha, not just to ask but to be sure your horse
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Sitting with Major Lindgren at the Aachen show in Germany one day he jocularly observed that international judges only needed to know four words – “more,” “less,” “faster,” and “slower” to accomplish their task. Of course that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it brings to mind a very interesting
"School figures should not be regarded as an end in themselves but rather as a stage in a particular aim, that of control of the horse. Initially, they will be practiced in the school but an early opportunity should be taken to perform them outside so that the rider
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Trainer Relationships: Caustic or Constructive? I read two completely separate posts on social media this morning. They couldn’t have been more opposite! Post One: From a well-established Eventing trainer who was at an Event this past weekend and was lamenting the fact that she heard two different “trainers”
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~Lauren's Corner~
When it comes to the fundamentals of riding and helping our horses perform at the peak of their potential, it almost always boils down to the physics and biomechanics of horse and rider. At the most basic level, a horse and a rider pair is comprised of two things: the
~Brianna's Corner~
Lately, I have observed a trend among the horse world. One that has been built by our instant coffee machines, cell phones, and google. All of which give us what we want in seconds and prevent us from losing time on our netflix binge. They also require very little thought.
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And He Thinks We Are Crazy! I vacillate between being monstrously irked by certain Facebook posts or dismissing them as totally irrelevant to my riding life. But they’ve bothered me long enough that the alternate reality which they present deserves to be examined and accounted for. Let’s leave
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