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Question # 197: My horse and I moved up to Training level last summer, and did very well, even winning at our last event of the year. But this year...
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Discussion # 91: What are the visual challenges presented by this fence? And how would you help your horse to focus correctly?
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Discussion # 90: Think about the amount of pressure that was on William Fox Pitt last weekend going into the Show Jumping phase at Rolex… being in first place, but knowing that if he made a single mistake he would lose the win...
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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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