Riders

FEI European Jumping Championships

September 17, 2011

Here is artist Malin Baryard-Johnsson, a rider who really gets it. Her song is amazing. It expresses exactly how I feel about riding! Do you want to ride my horse? This weekend she is jumping at the hotly contested Championship in Madrid for the Swedish Team. I am cheering for her and her Team who [...]

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What I like best about WOW saddles

August 23, 2011

Live to ride, right?! Every year offers a new season for what I like best about my WOW saddle. This year’s reason is that it gives me the controls to stay out of my horses’ way. Then he can handle himself. I give him the aids to direct him and repeat the movements to gain [...]

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Watching Horses and Knowing What You See

June 10, 2011

Ask ten people watching a horse and rider work through a training challenge and you will hear ten different detailed descriptions with a solution, all valid. If you ask vets it’s the same thing. Everyone responds with that which is immediately on their mind, the latest research or current hot topic they are exploring. I [...]

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The Art of Riding and Horsemanship

January 18, 2011

Riding or horsemanship is an art. There is no denying riding is a creative expression of a partnership. Let us listen to what one creative genius hears from another. It goes to the heart of creativity, to art. Riders are often quoting, seeking or referring back to a Master of earlier days. To those ancestors [...]

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What A Year It’s Been 2010

December 23, 2010

Summing up the year 2010 for horses in a word is, enthusiasm! It has been a fantastic time for horses in the news and making news. Online journals and blogs have been chock full of imagination in communication. The social quips from horse and men and women have been tantalizing across media outlets. Coherence and [...]

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Season of Grace

November 24, 2010

I want to clear the way emotionally to get with the collective conscious at this holiday time of gratitude. So first I have to take a moment to grieve for the loss of my rights. I have been used to controlling my personal health and privacy as have all US citizens. New dramatic changes on [...]

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Young Eventing Champions

October 5, 2010

If Three Day Eventing at the World Equestrian Games is any indication, the future looks great for horses in sport. To see them televised is fantastic. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington is hosting them and it is good business that looks to benefit everyone. The ‘hard boots’, Kentucky thoroughbred breeders, give entree to legendary [...]

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Dutch Riders

September 30, 2010

The Netherlands dressage team won the first gold medal at the World Equestrian Games, the WEG. There are 16 days of intense competition in 8 riding disciplines being held in the U.S. for the very first time. Not only did they capture a resounding win, they did so while one of their best in the [...]

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A Name Matters

August 7, 2010

Words matter, and naming things attracts energy to it. Right now there is an opportunity to help horses by naming the training method for developing muscles that allows horses to perform with biomechanical integrity. In the wake of new revelations that the FEI Rollkur policy is not being enforced, the tumultuous effects of Gerd Heuschmann’s [...]

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Horses Talking Wellness

July 17, 2010

Long ago I realized that every action of a horse is a communication. It became incumbent upon me to learn the language of the breed and the vernacular or dialect of the individual, as a horseman. When my horses are feeling well they perform well, brilliantly in fact. When they are feeling unwell, they under [...]

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