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Dressage Canada Youth Championship Results

Rising Stars Youth Dressage was very pleased this year to host the Dressage Canada Youth championships for 2010. This show , which is bid on by show organizers each year, was in BC for the first time. “ We are very proud to boast the highest number of declared and qualified riders in the show this year since it was started in Ottawa six years ago” says show manager Susan Holtby.” We had riders in a

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Added by Dressage Canada on September 3, 2010 at 11:31am — No Comments

Reprogramming Your Subconscious Mind to Overcome Fear

Hi Guys,

One of the biggest mistakes riders make when we're trying to overcome horseback riding fears is that we direct our efforts toward the conscious mind. You know--willpower, iron-jawed determination. The problem with that strategy is that you can only make short-term, temporary changes when you direct your efforts to your conscious mind. To make permanent changes, direct your efforts to the part of your brain that truly determines your actions--your subconscious mind.

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Added by Jane Savoie on September 3, 2010 at 10:42am — No Comments

Embracing Groundlessness

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on September 1, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Psssst, Whoosh, Shuffle, Snuffle

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on September 1, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

A Horse version of h-o-r-s-e

We've been staying busy at work. I've also have a couple of other projects going on that keep me from my weekly blogging. We continue our riding three times a week. We recently had some fun playing an old fashioned game of h-o-r-s-e. You know, the backyard basketball game where you call your shot. Here's our latest video:

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Added by John Harrer on September 1, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Gap Between Theoretical Training Methods and Practical Application

When training a horse, there is always a gap between the theoretical and the practical and this can be very frustrating. My advice for this is pretty much always that more time is needed. I can’t overstate the beautiful simplicity of the first Waterhole Ritual™ as a preparation for the rest.

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on September 1, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

WEG News Farce 13 - The Satire

Hello my friends!

I've been busy and so have not been able to post as often as I'd like. Fighting bad guys and stuff like that. So I figured I'd make up for it and give you guys the first look at my latest creation (muahahaha). It's another animated short movie, set in the make believe news broadcast world covering the World Equestrian Games.

I hope you enjoy it as much, or more, than a previous one shown on my blog called Dressage Queen which in 7 days has amass

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Added by Dressage For The Rest Of Us on August 31, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Wentworth Show

Well, after a mammoth 8 hour drive in the new truck we arrived safely and everyone travelled well. Wentworth is in the western district of New South Wales, so a fair way from Inman Valley. My wife ,Kate, has a family connection with the area and she was the first Miss Wentworth showgirl. As this was the 20th anniversary of that milestone in her life we felt duty bound to return for the show ( plus the mother in law said we had to!). I took two Showjumpers and the kids took a pony each , plus

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Added by Geoffrey Pannell on August 31, 2010 at 9:02am — 2 Comments

Saddle Fit and Common Sense

You may have noticed by now that I always use my second blog opportunity of the month (the tip c

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Added by Jochen Schleese on August 30, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Paige Presents: This Week in Horse History - August 30th Through September 5th

Week of August 30th Through September 5th

August 31st, 1955 - Thoroughbred racehorse Swaps faced Nashua in a match race. The race was held at Washington Park. The race was held before a crowd of 35,262 racing fans. Swaps, suffering from a sore foot, lost to Nashua by six and a half lengths. Nashua would go on to be nominated as the 1955 Horse of the Year.

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Added by Paige Cerulli on August 30, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Enjoying the Horse's Gift, and Then Letting Go

I got to ride Mia twice this week, but, since Debbie wrenched her back badly, I didn't get a lesson. So I worked on things in my position that Debbie had been getting after me about, mostly making sure that my lower leg did not go too far back. Debbie DOES NOT like seeing the whole girth when I am riding, she wants my lower leg right at the girth. Of course Debbie is right. My wandering lower leg is a big part of the reason that the horses stopped wanting to keep contact with m

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Added by Jackie Cochran on August 29, 2010 at 11:13am — No Comments

Natural Horsemanship Solutions: Join Up

Join Up – get your horse to catch you!

Have you ever gone into the paddock to catch your horse and your horse keeps running away from you?

Do you ever head to the paddock wondering if you’ve brou

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on August 29, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Some Folks Call Sculpture HorseSh*t, But This is the Real Thing

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on August 28, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Saddle Up, Doc!

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on August 27, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Natural Horsemanship Solutions: The Power of Non-Demanding Time

Please Like Me! The Power of Non-Demanding Time

Develop the Partnership you have always dreamed for!

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on August 27, 2010 at 12:02pm — No Comments

Help with Confidence

Hello, I have a 15-year old gelding – appaloosa/Clydesdale cross, Copper. My problem is that I am not confident enough to follow through with things that I ask him to do. This happens mainly when I ride him – he’s lazy and doesn’t want to go, or doesn’t want to go in the direction I want to go. That is partly because I don’t have a lot of experience with horses, but mostly because I saw Copper buck someone off that he didn’t like, and I don’t want that to happen to me! I know that he knows that… Continue

Added by Julie Goodnight on August 27, 2010 at 10:38am — No Comments

ridemoreworkless

How about taking more time off to enjoy riding, fresh air and friends? Continue

Added by Yvonne Corbett on August 26, 2010 at 6:07pm — No Comments

FEI World Equestrian Games

My name is Samuel Price. I am an equestrian animal collage artist from San Francisco. I will be making my pilgrimage across the United States to bring my work to the largest horsing event in the World in just a few short weeks.
I would like to invite you to join me in what will be an event like no other. This show is hosted in Lexington, Kentucky and begins in late September. It is called the FEI World Equestrian Games and is considered the Olympics of horse eventing. Th… Continue

Added by Samuel Price on August 26, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Practice Makes Perfect with the Waterhole Rituals™

As you might have guessed, I’m a very practical person. I learn by doing. Ultimately though, we all must learn by doing as there is no alternative and this is especially true with horses. I do hope that you enjoy watching my DVDs and reading my book but I have to tell you that unless you get out there and put them into practice, you will never know what sort of results you might get. I recently had a lovely email from a lady called M

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Added by Carolyn Resnick on August 25, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Equine Dentistry Traveling 105 Nights A Year REVISITED

A year or two ago I wrote this blog numbering the nights I spent in a hotel serving horse owners. It is not the end of August, 2010 yet and I have already exceeded this number. I am guessing that I will visit a Marriott hotel about 150 times this year.

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Added by Geoff Tucker, DVM on August 23, 2010 at 6:31pm — No Comments

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Dressage Canada Youth Championship Results

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