Solutions

Comfortable Horses

October 26, 2011

What makes horses comfortable? It matters, oh yes it does. The more time spent with horses the more noticeable it is that their comfort is connected to their behavior. Horses become more amenable the more comfortable they are. An amenable horse is a willing horse, eager to do a good job. The problem is, how [...]

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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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Get more riding

April 26, 2011

This blog name has been changed to The Athletic Horse. I apologize for any confusion from cached google links. This post is here to help you navigate to the site or the blog easily. Thank you for your shared interest!

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Greatest Tip About Horses in 2010

January 6, 2011

You know how the movies that get scheduled for release nearest the Oscars always do well in the voting? That is how I think this Greatest Tip About Horses in 2010 is. I learned it from my veterinarian in December. Honestly, I can’t even remember the great things I learned in November, let alone any [...]

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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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Economic Recovery and Horses

October 11, 2010

Why am I writing a blog post about economic recovery on a saddle website? It’s because I like business economics, it’s a hobby. While horses are my vocation and riding is my avocation, I like business too. Besides economics being wholistic and physics, at the end of the day real estate values, horses as commodities [...]

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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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To Better Finesse, Test Yourself

June 4, 2010

As riders we communicate using aids to direct our horses performance. Here is an easy exercise for you to see how your cues are being felt.
Most of us have one leg shorter than another and when seated on moving horses we tend to have a certain ’sidedness’. One of our shoulders may be [...]

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