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Question # 196: when I am sitting my canter I tend to be using my back too much and not following enough with my hands/arms. It is like I am pumping my back instead of following with the arms/hands.
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Question # 195: I have a client's horse that I'm working with, and she has an issue I've never had to deal with before. She thinks she is an accordion--she will shorten her neck and hollow her back whenever she has any contact in her mouth.
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Question # 194: My horse has become very heavy on the forehand. I have worked with 2 trainers, 1 dressage, 1 H/J and each has tried to show me different ways to stop her from pulling. One tells me to pull when she pulls back, the other says to hold...
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Brianna's Blog Post # 5: The Back up plan
I recently got to attend a favorite event of mine, Equine Affair, (if you haven't gone you're missing out!) which holds tons of clinics for every discipline from sidesaddle and gaited to reining and dressage. It also has hundreds of vendors to window shop or, if
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Discussion # 89: Let's talk about the similarities between a jumping horse and a pole vaulter!
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Question # 193: My 15 yr old TB OTTB gelding gets strong at the canter and pulls down, especially on cross country.
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Kirsten's Blog Post # 5
Are You a Creative Rider? When you are riding or working with horses, when you come up against a road block, do you keep drilling the problem? Never changing how you are asking? Never assessing the situation? For instance, if your horse has problems picking up the canter/correct lead,
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Question # 192: I am stuck in my training right now. I know the concept of all that is being asked of me, but I have the movement of a brick. I am unconciously stiff in my movements...
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Discussion # 88: Let's take a look at the balance of these two riders!
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Question # 190: Last year, my mare was a VERY solid Novice horse and I moved her up to Training level at the end of the season. She would take about 2-3 jumps to build her confidence and then there was literally nothing I could point her at she...
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Guest Blog Post # 36: "Desperation, Exasperation, & Motivation" from the famous Bad Eventer!
I could hear it in her voice. The voice mail was nearly identical to one I'd left my mentor a few years ago.......... "Oh My Lord, what am I going to do with this horse??!! She is KILLING ME! Nothing works, and I'm going crazy,