If you can’t be an example … be a warning. Chances are your trainer has made (thousands) of mistakes … and you can learn from him or her without having to go through the agony
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Horse trials and three-day events can be very stressful. But there are certain things you can do to prepare to help reduce anxiety for yourself and the family members you dragged along! Here are a
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How do you get your young, enthusiastic event horse to win at the upper levels? By losing at the lower levels. The key is helping your hasty hare to think like a thoughtful tortoise. “Never
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I’m sore. I’m mad. I’m embarrassed. In the sport of the eventing I know there are highs and lows. Although I guess it did not expect to hit a low (or the ground) at a
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How do I fix a problem horse? Don’t be dictator. Be a cheerleader! “My horse keeps refusing jumps. In fact now he won’t even go over a pole on the ground.” What do you do
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They say that is eventing is the horse sport for the criminally insane. While it is true that we gallop a 1,200 pound animal, with poor depth-perception, at solid objects in hopes that they jump
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So often when riders want to get into eventing they do so because they see how exciting it is. They watched the top riders gallop around a four-star course on TV or at Rolex. “I
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I need a day off and like, 20 million dollars. How do I practice eventing without having access to hundreds of thousands of dollars of cross country jumps? Creativity and hard work. Unfortunately, I’m not
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Your adrenaline-fueled cross country round is complete, show jumping is over, you’ve packed your trailer in a sleepy haze and are headed home. How long will the Horse Show High last? Not long. Then it’s
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As Macklemore says: “a little bit of humble, a little bit of cautious.” Quoting rap lyrics for a reason. Stay humble. If you know everything already, go home. Don’t take the lesson. Don’t ride in
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“Jump the middle one and kick, kick, kick!” I yelled, gasping for air as I ran alongside my student on her cross country course. I was beet red, lungs burning, thinking to myself, why did
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Riding a horse is like breaking into a safe. Just “Listen for the clicks.” “How do I get him in a frame?” “How do I get him balanced?” “How do you know what a horse
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Everything I need to know about self carriage and jumping I learned in college. Well … not really. But every week riders struggle with releasing their horse over a fence. They are worried that he’s
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Fear breeds fear. Confidence builds confidence. All too often I see a combination of a fearful horse and a fearful rider. Why? Why is this such a common occurrence?
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