Episode 65: The tipping point in horse training.

What is a tipping point in horse training? Why does it matter? How would it help with spooking? In today’s episode, I discuss the idea of tipping points and how they impact my outlook on training. I see smaller tipping points where the small day after day lessons finally result in a bigger change. I…

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Western Dressage, Level 2 movements demonstrated

This video demonstrates the majority of the movements required in Western Dressage, Level 2, tests 1 through 4. I made this video in the hope that it might help others who are reading the tests and wondering how the movement would look when ridden. I don’t claim that these movements are examples of the perfect…

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Episode 41: True Forward Motion in a Horse

When we become very familiar with a term, it can sometimes lose meaning. When I talk about a horse having a lack of forward motion or needing more forward motion what I’m actually talking about is the horses first response without resistance. Symptoms of not having forward motion would be a sluggish walk and a…

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Episode 10: Make Mistakes in the Right Direction

Season 1 continues with its focus on the rider’s mind. Today, I discus making mistakes. I’m going to break it down into three different things. Why you should make mistakes. Which mistake you should really try to avoid. And how to measure the direction of your mistakes. During my clinics I often tell riders that…

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Five on Friday: Foals, Podcasts, Age, Business & Money

Five things of interest that I’ve done this week. #5- Celebrated my birthday ..with food and riding. It should have been more riding and less food…but as it only happens once a year, I’ll take it! My favorite coffee shop, latte, scone, harvest muffin (pumpkin & chocolate chip), wild mushroom pasta (shitakes, creminis, pancetta, and…

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