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Tammy, Tell Me “Through” Today’s topic makes some assumptions. For this to be an address-able issue, you have to be at the stage where your horse goes on a steady contact established between your pushing aids and your receiving, elastic elbows. You must be able to have created a
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Learning From Competitions Ready to go to GMHA... and still clean! This weekend, I headed off to GMHA not quite knowing what to expect. Six weeks earlier, I sent in my entry for Suki’s first recognized event. Already, the year had not started ideally; but, I was determined to
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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,
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The Event Horse's Instructional Video: How to whip your rider into shape! There is no more glorious feeling (apart from rolling in the mud) than galloping through the finish flags at the end of a clear cross country round. Your coat is shining with sweat, your ears are
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To Coby: Albert Einstein once said the only source of knowledge is experience. Smart guy. Coby gave me the experience of a lifetime. He did more than just show me the ropes over the big stuff; he taught me about life, about patience, about finding another answer instead of staring
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Warm Up Survival I was so proud. I lunged The Serial Killer before dressage and he was super calm. The calm before the storm??? He even warmed up nicely......a little too nicely...... He was definitely NOT his normal self. As I was circling the dressage arena I decided I
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Leave Him Wanting More I believe I am speaking for the majority of other instructors when I say this: When the lesson I'm teaching is coming to its conclusion, I have tried to tie what we were working on with the horse up into a little package "
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If I Tell You, I'll Have to Kill You! We tread a fine line as instructors. Not unlike how husbands learn to answer the "Does this dress make me look fat?" question, we must learn to speak the truth to our students but not so much
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Pro and Con Tact Picture the friendly cop on the beat strolling along the sidewalk, nodding to shopkeepers, and twirling his night stick as he oversees his neighborhood. Alternatively, imagine a not so friendly policeman slapping his nightstick into the palm of his hand and rousting out vagrants loitering in
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OCT26 When it's not working........ Baby Seabiscuit (one of my 5yo OTTB projects) has made me think about another youngster I had some trouble with awhile back. I'm sure NO ONE believes the Super Pony ever acted like that. While I am Bad at Eventing.......... um.
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What's Not For Sale Let’s admit it, most of us have had a horse or two we’ve been glad to see go. And maybe we’ve had a horse we wouldn’t let go. But most horses fall somewhere in the middle. There will come a
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the beast at Stoneleigh-Burnham. Photo credit to David Frechette Runners take your marks. Set. B-A-N-G! I have vivid memories of my running days in high school. I was never passionate about running. Rather, the sport gave me a chance to meet new people and maintain fitness as a rider. I
