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Training is no place for pretty Heels down, head up, thumbs up, quiet leg, look where you're going, elbows in, shoulders back, toes in, head, hip, heel!!! Sound familiar? It's the way of the equestrian world. Any instructor who dares to call themselves such, knows these
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Riding With Fear (Molly and I when I would hold on with everything, even my toes ;D) I was raised right in the sense that I, like many others, had the privilege of owning a pony. My adoring little pony was a gift from my late grandfather. Not only was
~Brianna's Corner~
At some point, every year, I have to accept that winter has returned. Every year I slowly start adding more and more layers of clothes until the process of getting ready to gleefully skip to the barn through the winter wonderland, is no less that 20 minutes and 10 layers
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Writing, Riding, and Lunch The first day of school, that particular day that a small, if not nonexistent percentage of people can forget. The day that most of us dread and or dreaded. Each year you walked into the school with two things on your mind. First, am I going
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Jack of All Trades, Master of None Phewww! What a wild ride! Between 3 horses 2 months and 1 rider, I have had the time of my life! The past few weeks have been complete insanity in and of its own and it wasn't all between a red
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5 Tips to Avoid a Battle (Me and the Dragon mare, taking a break) In any relationship there is bound to be arguments. Great minds may think alike but they do not always agree. The relationship we have between our horse can not escape this principle of agreeing to disagree.
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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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(Mac and I doing what we love most!) It’s just what we do. I don’t know about you but I have a need to ride! I love what I do, I absolutely live to ride. I like to think of it as a hunger. If I don’t
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Thoughtful Hands Create Thankful Horses How many times have you heard someone say “think before you speak”. Good advice right! Well if you're like me you have forgotten this advice from time to time. Making the mistake of saying something you didn't mean to say or
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The Riding Arena and the Classroom The relationship we have with our equine partners is much like a teacher with their student. I find it easy for people to understand riding when I relate it to the classroom. We bring our horses into the arena and though we love to
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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
