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Am I Ready for “Dancing With The Stars”?

Rhythm…either you have it or you don’t. I like to think I have it…maybe, but neither my horse nor my husband has natural rhythm.  I’m told you can encourage or teach a horse to have [...]

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Puzzling the Pieces of Contact

My latest discovery is contact, a many layered concept. Everyone has heard about having even contact, some contact, soft hands, forgiving hands and so on. My hands have definitely improved and that has come through [...]

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Ticked Off

My young, strong, handsome Reilly has Lyme. My vet told me it was some of the highest  numbers he’d seen. That made me sick to my stomach. I had not wanted to jump on the [...]

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Riding Smarter As You Get Older

When I received my August issue of Endurance News the first thing I noticed was Stagg Newman and Jayel Super gracing the cover. Jayel, at age 19, placed 6th at the Old Dominion this year [...]

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More About Henry

Dear readers, I think I left you a couple of months ago as Henry and I were working out some kinks in our relationship.  As in any partnership, the courting period is essential to establish [...]

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My Energy is Directionally Challenged

No, I’m not talking about my getting “lost” at the Team Jumper Challenge… Riding reminds me a lot of skiing and golf. It can be humbling, the learning constant and the quest to improve never [...]

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Staying Safe…

I am often reminded of how many similarities I have found between the world of flight instruction and the world of horses. I have found that some of the tools that I learned while teaching [...]

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My Horse Has Swallowed A Telephone Pole

Hooray…another mini epiphany! Do you feel like you experience my lessons with me? I’m sure many of you already know this, but just having to think it out as I write it helps solidify it [...]

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Update on “The Hamster”

I’m sure many of you are wondering about how Hamilton is progressing. Brady took him to the GMHA Junior Horsemanship Camp. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it is a multi-day [...]

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It’s About Henry

Since last summer, I have been inspired by listening to Jay and Nancy talk about their horse projects – well, to be honest, I was envious. I was having a wonderful time offering training advice [...]

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