All Blog Posts Tagged 'lungeing' (8)

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…

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

The Mindful Horse

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Added by Kimberly Cox Carneal on August 21, 2010 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

I always knew she was brilliant...

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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Added by MagsNMe on August 12, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

William Micklem asks IS THIS A MAGIC SUIT OF CLOTHES?

Dublin show at the Royal Dublin Society in Ballsbridge is the centrepiece and driving force for many in the Irish Equestrian community. It is so dominant in our culture that people just talk about it as ‘the horse show’, despite the fact that there are…

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Added by William Micklem on August 8, 2010 at 3:00am — 8 Comments

William Micklem says FREE THE BACK

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Added by William Micklem on May 28, 2010 at 4:00am — 5 Comments

"A Horse wants Peace"

I am working a 7 yr…

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Added by Randy Byers Horsemanship on May 24, 2010 at 10:49am — No Comments

GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES with William Micklem

Every exercise comes from a circle, even riding on a straight line. Riding a horse truly straight in a straight line is one of the most difficult but important things we aim to achieve in…

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Added by William Micklem on May 21, 2010 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

Lungeing Videos From The last 3 Days - Kingsley

Photo above: Kingsley today.

We are to lunge him 20 minutes a day encouraging correct outline and better balance. Problem 1: Kingsley's idea of lungeing is to check how upside down a horse can get and how fast can one run...

Problem 2: He still isn't totally sound

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Added by Wiola Grabowska on April 3, 2010 at 6:28pm — No Comments