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The ” Right” Saddle or the “Right Now” Saddle?

  My mare Lyric’s going back to work.  After three years of unsuccessful breeding attempts – one season spent missing the timing, one spent waiting for semen deliveries that never came, and one spent using [...]

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The MICOR Method

My mom used to call it the “MICOR” method….Stands for “Make IT Come Out Right”. I have spent a lot of my professional riding life working on this, and I am acutely aware that what [...]

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Versatility

Most of us ride in a particular discipline. We may be dressage riders, eventers, endurance riders, western pleasure, trail riders and so on. We school our horses on a regular basis and some of us [...]

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Heart Rate and Heat………

I must begin by saying how much I am enjoying my new partner, Reilly! He is so much fun and such a good boy considering his age.  We happily go down the trail on short [...]

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Conditioning (For Those of You Who Are Ready to Go)

Things are going great with Reilly!  We are bonding under saddle and there is no better feeling than that! I’ve had many great trail rides with some solid friends as baby sitters and Edie has [...]

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As “They” Say … The Best Laid Plans …

As “they” say … The Best Laid Plans … I truly thought that this article would be about conditioning the endurance horse, namely my new guy, Reilly, but to my surprise I have gotten wiser [...]

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Brady’s Blog May

Punky and I are looking forward to this new season. We have already had our first show. It was snowing and the winds were blowing; not exactly good weather for dressage. It didn’t help that I [...]

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Intro into Endurance Riding Part II

As in any competitive ride the Pre-Ride briefing is extremely important. You will be given a map, but if you’re at all like me they are completely useless. They just look like squiggly lines. So, [...]

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Brady’s Blog April

I have been working on jumping and geometry and Punky has been very compliant with this endeavor. I have also been working on trying to maximize the effectiveness of my aids, so that I don’t [...]

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Intro to Endurance Riding Part One

My mare, Rianon, and I had been doing Competitive Trail rides for a number of years and having a wonderful time, but I continued be enamored with Endurance.  One perfect Fall day I was in [...]

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