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Those Closest Can Be the Most Inspiring Hannah schooling Sol - after many years of working for trainers,and riding horses for clients, Hannah has achieved a life long goal of owning her own horse and farm. I have seen her sit "chilly" on a multitude of horses
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What IS Fit? Right now, I am sitting in a forced time out from riding. The tendons involved in the broken finger I had screwed together last year adhered to the scar tissue and it required surgery to release so I could function normally (I was struggling to hold reins
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I could not find a BCET photo from back in the day, so here is Suki this summer Photo by Lisa Ambrose Cook (used with permission) Back in the day, I was one of the founding members of Boston College's IHSA team. I absolutely loved being able to
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You Know How to Trot, Don't you? Recently, I found myself cantering sideways, downhill, looking into a gnarled patch of brush creeping closer by the moment. In the background, I could hear Denny yelling at me, in that thought piercing, instant tone that anyone who has ridden with
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Last week, the two trainers I ride with gave me similar lectures on two consecutive days. The first told me I need to get out of my head and stay there, that my ability was held back by my intensity and anxiety. The second said that my academic mind focused
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Different Horse, Different Warm-up For six years, I primarily evented the same horse. Over those years, I honed his warm up routine. He did well with a day off the day before an event, particularly if we trailered in the night before. Dressage warm-up was a light hand gallop up
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When I taught, managing large classes was not always my strongest suite. The class would get loud, rowdy, and I would get frustrated. My knee jerk reaction was to use a louder, angry voice, subconsciously trying to match the energy level of the classroom. Let me tell you how ineffective
