Aside from nutrition and shoeing, fitness is the most important part of a performance horses program. I rate it above training. For a horse to answer the questions you ask him on the flat and
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After weeks (years!) of training and lessons, your performance at a show largely comes down to your warm-up. My warm-ups vary from horse to horse and between the phases. For the dressage phase I start
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The first time I heard about Eric Smiley coming to Sunset Hill at McCuan Farms in Woodbine, Maryland, three years ago, I had no idea who he was. Well, if you type his name into
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This past weekend Dom Schramm came to Minnesota (Go Area IV!) to teach a group of enthusiastic, beginning-of-the-season riders at the University of Minnesota’s Leatherdale Center. As the clinic organizer, this was by far the
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Joe Meyer, an international event rider that has represented New Zealand at the Beijing Olympic Games, traveled to the Pacific Northwest to teach a clinic at Denise and David Cole’s Emerald Glen Stables this past
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California riders were fortunate enough to take part in a three-day clinic with German powerhouse and Olympic gold medalist Andreas Dibowski, his first one in the U.S., earlier this month. The clinic was wonderfully organized
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Lesley Stevenson of My Virtual Eventing Coach was kind enough to share a recent article she’d written about the responsibility of the horse trainer. For more information on Lesley, please visit her website. Horses are
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Michael Pollard showed his skills in the sandbox yesterday at the Rocking Horse Winter III Horse Trials, claiming the top two positions in Open Intermediate-B after the first phase. Halimey, a 10-year-old Trakehner stallion, scored
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Tamie Smith has quite the following in the Seattle area. She has trained many upper-level event riders from this area, including Mackenna Shea, Jordan Linstedt, Kevin Baumgardner, Anni Grandia and Barbara Flynn, all whom are
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Having just moved to CA from the East coast, I was quite excited to learn that Mark Todd was coming to do a clinic here! Along with many others, I presume, Mark has always been
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Area VI is home to many wonderful things, but when it comes to this past weekend, I’m focusing on two in particular: perfect “winter” weather and Hawley Bennett-Awad. I apologize to basically the entire rest
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The afternoon sessions at the USEA’s Young Horse Symposium in Ocala consisted of mounted sessions with several 4- and 5-year-olds at various stages in their training.
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David O’Connor, who is in Ocala for High Performance Training Sessions, stopped by the USEA’s Young Horse Symposium this morning to discuss the upward pathway for young horses in eventing. He started by talking about
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The first day of the USEA’s Future Event Horse and Young Event Horse Symposium kicked off at the lovely Longwood Farm in Reddick, Florida, today. The morning sessions were in a classroom format that examined conformation
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A chilly morning gave way to sunshine for the second of two new winter CIC clinics at the Carolina Horse Park. The day’s clinic featured the graciously donated time of eventing greats Marc Donovan, Bobby
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Like most riders who excel at what they do, William Fox-Pitt focused on the basics, both for rider position and the horses’ way of going. Relationship and communication with the horse is key for him.
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The Carolina International CIC Organizing Committee has scheduled two clinics this winter offering riders at all levels the unique opportunity to formally prepare for their upcoming competition season.
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As a young rider, I was informed that no rider was ever born with the natural ability to use more leg and seat than hand, and that my instinct to revert to controlling my horse
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Clinics from top professionals are a great way to expand your riding education and take in some feedback from someone who has spent time at the top of the sport. Such opportunities are a great
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Last week, we brought you a great video featuring Phillip Dutton and Graham and Anita Motion’s Icabad Crane as they prepare for their 2015 season. Two more videos have since been published, taking a deeper look into
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Highlight reels from this year’s George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Sessions are still trickling in, and the most recent addition is a jumping highlight video from the USEF Network. Regardless of which sport is your
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Post by Anita Motion. Phillip Dutton has begun preparing Graham and Anita Motion’s Icabad Crane for the 2015 season, and a new video series promises an inside look into Phillip’s training methods as well as
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The George H. Morris Horsemastership training sessions wrapped up over the weekend, and you can catch up on the action by watching on-demand replays on the USEF Network and reading our recap. Each year, we
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