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Guest Blog post # 76: "Just Do it... But WHEN?" by Bill Woods
A popular baby boomer product touts "for when the moment is right. . . " At Edwards Air Force Base where the space shuttle used to land it was no coincidence that the main runway was more than three miles long with a flat overrun of many more thousands of feet.
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Quiz # 29: Front leg conformation quiz!
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An Exercise to Help Improve Your Trot to Canter Transitions
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Question # 290: I recently started riding a very nice, well trained thoroughbred. She is pretty big, probably 17+ and a little long backed. My normal ride is a 15 hand compact very (overly) sensitive ottb, so she feels ginormous....
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Guest Blog post # 75: "Returning to Riding" by Deanna at blog.iridearacehorse.com
What's it like to return to riding after an injury? It's tough. My first real experience riding after falling and breaking my wrist was on the lunge line on one of the safest horses in the barn. And I was SCARED. This makes sense to me
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What Does it Mean for the Horse to be "Between the Rider's Hand and Leg"?
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Discussion # 146: Not all that appears to be "behind the vertical" actually is! (Current freebie!)
Mention the term "behind the vertical," and most people will immediately think about that straight line from the horse's poll to the ground, and whether the horse is on that line or behind it. This horse, for example, is exactly on the vertical line to the
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Video Discussion # 94: Want to know what the Dressage judges are looking for when judging the equivalent of a First Level Dressage test??
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Guest Blog post # 74: "Imagine (there's no pulling)" by Bill Woods
Imagine (there's no pulling) A lot of bad riding at the Morgan Worlds where I judged this fall. Not all—to be sure there were some good rides and plenty of good horses. But when you are judging and you wish you had a rubber stamp for the
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Video # 91: This is Vita!
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