UGH! Why? When I was young and competing in 3-Day-Eventing my instructor would make me ride circles all the time. And I hated it. I didn’t understand why I needed to ride those damn circles or why they had to be so perfect. I just wanted to go jump. Maybe if my instructor had explained the “why” in…
Today I was watching a dressage clinic. And I noticed one of the students was having the same lesson that she had the last time this instructor was visiting. This is not an uncommon thing, but as a rider and trainer, we all like to see progress and there is no progress. I know why there is no…
And why is it essential for your riding journey. Equitation is not just riding pretty. Most of the time when we think of equitation classes at the horse show we think “it’s got to be pretty”. But really equitation is about putting your body the correct position where it makes you the most effective. Once you can…
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…
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…
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