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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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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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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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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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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Deliberate Classical Dressage

September 16, 2010

In the spirit of naming a method that fills the chasm between rollkur and natural horsemanship I humbly submit a name more specific than my suggestion of THAT Riding, Transitioning Horses to Athletes for Training. I tip my hat to classical dressage with Deliberate Classical Dressage. The ongoing debates between geographical methods like German, French, [...]

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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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