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Video # 81: This is Sarah again, this time on cross country!
Photos
Photo # 65: Kellyn would like a conformation critique on this coming 2 year old Iberian Warmblood filly!
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Firn's Blog post # 13
Do's and Don'ts of Your First Event With Arwen and me fresh from our first event - an amazing, terrifying, and exhilarating experience I will gladly repeat - I am left to look back on a weekend that in many ways went horribly wrong, but as usual under
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Video # 80: This is Sarah, doing a Training level stadium round!
Questions
Question # 251: I’ve read your posts and seen some of your videos of you and Felix in the early days, his tantrums, etc. And I think you recently said they continued for seven years. My question is what made you not give up on him?
Educational Discussions
Quiz # 26: Rule quiz! We've all seen the Rolex riders wearing them… so we know they are legal for FEI events. But are ear fly bonnets legal for the Dressage phase of a USEA event?
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Guest Blog post # 52: "The Stuff that Dreams are Made of" by Bill Woods
For most of us life is dictated by routines. They provide structure and order which can translate to comfort. Or, if unchallenged, they can bury you in a rut. Years ago at my first teaching job my rut took me on the two mile drive from home to barn and
Lesley's Corner
Bringing a Horse Back Into Work After Illness or Injury
Photos
Photo # 64: This is Brianna!
Educational Discussions
Discussion # 117: There are some who say that balance and impulsion are somewhat contradictory terms… that the more impulsion your horse has, the more he will push himself on the forehand. But this is not really true...
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Guest Blog post # 51: "One Year Later..." from member Amy Cave, showing just what good care, conditioning, and training can do for a horse's body!
One Year Later... This weekend is Nick's one year anniversary of actual work. Possibly the only year in his almost 20 years, that anything has really been asked of him since his very brief stint as a race horse in 1997. He's taken it all in