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by Danica Yates (reprinted with Permission)
Too often with dressage training and horse training in general, methods are forced upon the animals without attention being paid to what the animal is thinking. Horses will often submit to pressures but never fully understand what they are supposed to be doing. Tactics that help some horses understand …
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by Doug Emerson reprinted with permission
You’ve heard and read plenty about setting goals for your business at the start of a New Year. For some, it’s an easy process of sitting down and writing. For others, it is as painful as a root canal and a task slowed by procrastination.
But without goals, you …
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by Equine Legal Solutions reprinted with permission
Boarding stables, even very high-end ones, occasionally find themselves with customers who run up large past due balances and refuse to remove their horses. As a result, the facility finds itself essentially feeding and caring for someone else’s horses for free. Meanwhile, the deadbeat customer’s horses occupy facilities …
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by Danica Yates reprinted with permission
The significance of taking walk breaks can often be overlooked in the process of training sporthorses. Each of the three gaits is important and should be developed evenly. Developing a relaxed, forward free walk can help improve the other gaits. Walk breaks should be used with intention. Timing and …
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by Kristen Janicki, Department of Animal and Food Sciences – 4AF-06MO reprinted with permission
Hiring a judge for a horse show is one of the most important aspects of horse show management, but it may also be the most difficult. The success of the horse show is often dependant on the performance of the judge, …
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by Danica Yates (reprinted with permission)
What happens when you ride your horse and give with the inside rein? Next time you ride, try it out. At any gait, establish contact and softness and then reach your inside hand forward towards his ears to release pressure. Does your horse’s head swing away from that hand …
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Didn’t do so well at your last Trail Course Competition? Want to know why? Or just want some helpful hints on what to do (or not do) next time?
If you have a question, please post a Reply/Comment below, so we can share the information with everyone.
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by Jeffrey Rolo (reprinted with permission)
Every year horse owners experience serious injuries or even tragic deaths while riding their cherished equine companions. One of the more significant causes of rider injury is a rider being tossed from a rearing horse… or worse, caught underneath a horse that reared so fiercely that it flipped over …
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by Danica Yates (reprinted with Permission)
My partner is tree guy, not a horse person. But he is interested in dressage and asked me one morning at breakfast, “So when you are riding, doing like a half pass or something, are you telling the horse every minute what to do, squeezing or pulling or whatever?”
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by Danica Yates (Reprinted with Permission)
Each discipline in equestrian riding has training specifics that make the disciplines what they are. Western disciplines are characterized by short, slow movement and minimal contact on the reins. Dressage is founded on forward impulsion and good connection. Perhaps you have experience with western riding in your background and …
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ACTHA is proud to introduce Lindsay’s Faith as America’s Favorite Trail Horse! An American Mustang mare that was wild and untouched by human hands less than a year before the filming of America’s Favorite Trail Horse, captured the title of America’s Favorite Trail Horse and earned a total of $30,000 cash!
Mary Miller Jordan adopted …
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by Julia Edwards-Dake
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I ride. That seems like such a simple statement. However as many women who ride know it is really a complicated matter. It has to do with power and empowerment. Being able to do things one might have considered out of reach or ability. I have considered this as …
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by Doug Emerson reprinted with permission
Please don’t become paranoid over what I’m about to tell you.
Whether you like it or not, people are searching for your phone number, your e-mail address and your website on their computers. They want to learn more about you, contact you and even look at a satellite view …
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On behalf of Silver Horse Ranch…(please reply to them directly)
The 2011 Fat & Fuzzy Horse Show Series kicks off January 29th at Silver Horse Ranch, 63950 Tyler Road, Bend OR 97701. This is a fun, family event to watch or participate in. It is an open all-breed show that attracts everyone from seasoned competitors …
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by Danica Yates reprinted with permission
In past articles, we have looked at axioms of Classical Dressage. Here is a very important one, ‘ride back to front.’ All too often, we see dressage horses who are pulled together with the hand. These horses may appear ‘round’ by looking at their neck. However, looking more closely …
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