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You have just finished cooling down from what, in your mind, was the best lesson you have had in months…
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Thanks to Natalie Keller Reinert and her wonderful blog Retired Racehorse I stumbled upon these wonderful saddle pads! You can proudly display your horse is an OTTB every time you ride! I ordered the white one and can't wait to get it! I am hoping that they do other colors and keep adding to the collection. They also will donate $5 to an OTTB charity. Be sure to check them out!…
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I hope everyone had a wonderful and merry Christmas! Taylor definitely was a good boy as Santa left him a stocking full of treats and not coal! (I guess he forgave the couple of times he's tried to kick me recently-ha!). I have spent a lot of time bonding with Taylor...a LOT. Before I started his training, I spent my time grooming him and sitting with him. I still love it when we have the chance to just hang out together. With that said, he can read me. Somehow he just knows when I…
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I brought Taylor to his new home at the end of June. I am boarding him at a stable that has rolling hills, a nearby lake, and a pasture in a valley. It's a beautiful place!
Let's just say Taylor was not impressed in the beginning. In fact, he was mad at me. This summer has been brutally hot, and Taylor is not one that really enjoys the heat. He is the horse you will always find in the shade, if he can find a patch. Unfortunately, his transition pen at his new home didn't have…
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Taylor had been at Race Horse Reclaim Thoroughbred Rescue for a little over six months when I decided he was the one. I had been volunteering for a few months so I was getting to know the horses and like any normal horse lover I loved them all. However, my heart belonged to Taylor for he picked me as much as I picked him. The first day I was there volunteering I was standing next to his pen watching…
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This is a former post on my blog: Hoofbeats Return
Sorry I have been bad about blogging recently, but I have had a lot going on. The most important of which was my recent adoption of an exracehorse named Taylor. Talk about falling in love! It may really have been a classic example of love at first sight. I volunteer at an exracehorse rescue…
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That should not even be a question!
I’ve met many people who are fascinated by horses enough to want to ‘get’ their own horse. Often, acquaintances or people I’ve met will ask me my opinion about buying a horse – where do they start?
I run through all the typical questions with them: Why do you want a horse? Are you aware of all the aspects of horse ownership? Have you budgeted for all the upkeep costs (and we go through the breakdown – the…
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Finally got back in the saddle. I rode around at a walk only for about 15 minutes and got off. I was tense but things went well, just me being worried. Another boarder got on Cooper after and gave him a little workout. They did great together, an experienced rider makes him look so good.
July 5/11
We have finally started taking training lessons together with Gail Haynes at Five Star Ranch where I board. At first I was very nervous and tense and almost…
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Yesterday, I gave Bella Benedict another riding lesson on Gunny. This wouldn't be so significant, after all I teach horseback riding lessons for a living. But Belle is just 6 yrs old and she has to clean corrals to EARN her own lessons. Her family is Very tight financially, so I offered Belle a chance to join the 'work to ride' program. She works Hard to earn enough credits to get to ride.
So, this was her 3rd lesson, and we worked on developing a SMOOTH whoa - a nice easy slow pull…
Added by Monica Whitmer on April 7, 2011 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
What is USEA eventing?
The United States Eventing Association, or the USEA, was founded in 1959 and has more than 14,000 members in the United States as well as hundreds of riders who represent the U.S. internationally. The USEA's publication, Eventing USA, is distributed to members on a regular basis and keeps eventing riders updated to the latest eventing news as well as rule changes and more.
The United States Eventing Association is an educational resource…
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Well, I guess I will catch up on my paperwork and redo my website. Planing lessons for the winter and the coming year. I want to make a lot of changes next year so if you have any ideas please e-mail me @ classicaldressage@earthlink.net.
On another note, Belle is still recuperating from her allergic reaction to the rhino shot. I am working her now in the round pen three times a week. I will wait to ride her till spring. It doesn't…
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Added by Emily Walsh on September 8, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
So, last night Maggie and I had a lesson. We were outfitted with the running martingale, which is working well, although it got adjusted a bit tighter. Beauty of the running, it only engages when you need it and it doesn't help you actually ride your horse or get it round. It also takes away Maggie's favourite game of throwing her head in the air and doing whatever the hell she really wants to do... always a bonus.
So, we warmed up and then out comes the longe whip. Now we're…
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After another weekend of Havoc... And I mean literally.
So, the dam of my little Havoc, her name is Snip, had her shoes pulled on Thursday. Now she had a bad case of laminitis two years ago and has 23.5 degrees of rotation in her right fore. So, the front of her foot doesn't exactly grow all that well. Which is why we'd pull her shoes and see if she could go barefoot and quit cracking up what little foot she has. Apparently not. P3 is pretty close to the sole, she must have…
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