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The Paradox of Training - Energy vs Relaxation
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Question # 236: I have 2 horses I just signed up to be exercising, both with an issue all of their own. Both I do believe are ottb rescues as well. The first one likes to hop into a canter when we are quietly trotting along, he does this often...
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Question # 235: I'm always raising my outside hand (especially while cantering and on 20m circles) and I have no idea why. I also struggle to find my seat bones and to feel totally connected to the saddle...
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Kirsten's Blog Post # 7
How Much is Too Much? So this topic has been on my mind for the past 9 months or so.... Really since I started training both myself and my horse for the classic 3-day: How much is too much? How hard can I push this horse? How high can
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Kirsten's Blog Post # 6
How to Condition a Beast Eventer Conditioning you say? So you want to get your beast eventer as fit as possible! You want your draft cross (or other non tb horse) to be fighting fit out there on xc galloping right along with those nimble thoroughbreds! Said thoroughbreds get fit
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Question # 234: I recently acquired a 6 year old OTTB that was severely neglected and abused. :( Although he is remarkably improved both physically and mentally, he still has aggressive tendencies towards me...
Lesley's Corner
An Exercise to Test the Foundation of Your Jumping (Current Freebie!)
Have you ever noticed how some horse and rider combinations are just so smooth that almost every jump looks the same? They seem to take every jump right in their stride, and appear to be in perfect harmony. The reason these riders are capable of performing so fluidly is because
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Question # 233: My horse is afraid of the whip, so I usually don't carry one. But yet he is not as responsive to my leg as I would like. Should I just use a bigger spur? (Chris)
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Discussion # 99: Balance or grip over fences, which works better and why??
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Guest Blog Post # 42: "I'm Melting!" by the great Bill Woods!
It's 20 years ago. I "sort of " know how to ride. (At that point I'd already been doing it for almost 30 years and ridden I-1.) I'm having a lesson with Maj. Lindgren. The horse—a lower level one—is on
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