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An Exercise to Improve Your Ability to Coordinate Your Aids
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Question # 173: My horse is mostly good, but he is really lazy. And when he doesn't want to do things he either bucks or he pulls towards the middle of the arena and stops. What can I do to fix this? (Elle)
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Use the "As If" Principle to Improve Your Riding (Current Freebie!)
Your mind is a powerful tool! Did you know that acting as if we already have a particular quality will help us to produce it? While not always true of course (after all, I have been "acting" as if I am a multi millionaire lately... and that does
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Discussion # 83: How would you ride this fence?
Does the ground line of the ditch in front of this corner change the line in which you would approach and ride it?
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Brianna's Blog Post # 1
The Tough Horse As a young trainer I have learned through training more than I have through being trained. There's a saying that states that the toughest horses teach the most and I have learned this first hand. My monster of a horse was born and raised on
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Photo # 55: This is Rachel! (Current Freebie!)
My horse tends to drop his knees (like in the attached picture) over fences. He doesn't ALWAYS do this, but I have been finding he has been doing it more frequently. It usually when he chips in and adds a stride, which I'm guessing is due
The Nervous Novice
The Nervous Novice Blog Post # 3
Dear Nervous Novice, I’ve loved horses all my life and am finally learning to ride! It took a while to get here, but I’m in my 30’s and decided it was now or never. I’m a total beginner but am learning all I can in my
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The Horse That Wants to Shorten Its Neck
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Video Discussion # 77: Watch and learn from this very cool video from Centaur Biomechanics!
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Question # 172: I have a 15yo show jumper who happily sticks his head to the outside and motorbikes corners. Thanks to your excellent articles I've made huge progress in flat work but the moment we start jumping he goes back to...
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