It seems like everyone is talking about Mindset these days. I hate to even bring it up, but your mindset really does effects how you ride. To put it simply your mindset is the way you think or perceive the world. We all have a mindset: good, bad, ugly, and in between. It is how we look at…
Today I had a very new experience for me. And I just have to share. I tried to fire a boarder today. And she would not leave. Today is the first day of the month and as required by my boarding I emailed her last night to give her a 30-day notice to move her horse. I…
For the longest time I rode in a Wintec Isabella. And most of my students rode in Wintecs. But when I purchased Ahab, my Wintec saddle did not fit him. Ahab is shaped like a pot-bellied pig, but that is another story. This post is about saddles. So I started looking for a new saddle. My trainer and I tried…
When we start riding, we have the tendency to think and ride slow. Our brain tells us that if we ride slow we have more control. We want to be in control and we want to be perfect. This is totally backwards. Like most things involving horseback riding speed is counterintuitive. We have more control when the horse…
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