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Question # 220: My new horse (who I have had for just a month) has started to grind his teeth when I ride him. Not all the time, but usually near the end of the ride, and mostly during dressage rides...
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Question # 219: I'm loving the site so far! Sooo long story short, I'm a smallish person 5'2" 120lbs. My teenage years and young twenties I always rode really big horses that...
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Question # 218: The thing I'm struggling with at the moment is getting my horse to break into a canter without acting up or refusing to canter. How can I make her want to do it? This is only when we are doing any flat work….
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Photo # 56: This is Kymbre and her horse Al!
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Question # 217: Lately, going over stadium and xc jumps my bum leans off to the right side so I am not straight over the saddle. This also causes my horse to jump things a bit sideways occasionally. In a clinic the clinician had me...
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Discussion # 94: Have you ever seen the Dressage rider head bob…. where the rider's head and neck moves like a chicken as they sit the trot? What do you think causes this?
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Guest Blog Post # 37: "Learning From Competitions" by Jocelyn Thibodeau
Learning From Competitions Ready to go to GMHA... and still clean! This weekend, I headed off to GMHA not quite knowing what to expect. Six weeks earlier, I sent in my entry for Suki’s first recognized event. Already, the year had not started ideally; but, I was determined to
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Jumps With a "Surprise" Factor
As you move up the levels, more cross country fences have some kind of “surprise” involved - often on the landing side, like with a coffin jump, sunken road, or terrain change. Other spooky jumps draw the horse's eye down before takeoff. The KEY is to fully prepare on the approach. Learn how here!
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Question # 216: I am looking at horses to buy, and am not entirely sure I am ready for a young green horse. Would you consider a 12 year old horse "old"? (Anonymous)
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Question # 215: I have a question about riding circles in a dressage test. Do you have any tips for riding a good shape? My last test I got marked down for the shape of my circle...
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