“Wow you have an awesome six-pack! How did you get it? Do you work out?” “Uh, no…I just ride.” “No way, that’s crazy! I ride every day and I’m not nearly as fit.” “Well, you just need the right exercises!” We talk a lot about building your horse’s strength on this blog, but not…
“Yikes! That course is brutal. The course designer really cut loose today. He must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed and decided to take it out on us. This is going to be a disaster.” Have you ever looked a course and thought about saying your final goodbyes to your…
“Go forward,” “faster,” “lengthen,” “slower tempo.” Has your trainer yelled any of that at you as you’re completing a pattern? Mine sure has. The problem is that these words are often hard for riders to understand. I’ll just come out and say it…horse vocabulary is about as clear as mud! In future articles, we’ll…
Between the riders who think sitting trot is the worst form of punishment, those who desperately try to hang on to their saddles with their knees while beating the world record for holding their breath, and those who try to hide the fact they can only sit the trot when barely moving forward by…
“Did you see? Caramel hurt his withers again. I can’t get it to heal. He’s off right now. He’s holding back, he’s super tense, he isn’t jumping well…he’s almost lame. I don’t know what to do. Do you have a good cream I could use or a chiropractor I could talk to?” “Sure, but…