Change This One Thing to Improve Your Horse Riding

Take a moment to look at the photo below and imagine that’s you riding your horse. What thoughts went through your mind?  Were they mostly positive or negative?

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Have You Labelled Your Horse?

“Horses have as much individuality and character as people. ”                                 ~ C.W. Anderson

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Are You Riding an Upside Down Horse? Learn what that is and how to fix it

In a lesson earlier this week, a student asked if it was okay that her horse was putting her head down while being ridden.  This student rides a

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Horse Training Through a Child’s Eyes

"That horse looks angry, Mummy." That was a statement made by a 6 year old child watching a popular clinician work with a young horse at a recent

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How to Stop Over Thinking While Riding Your Horse

“When in doubt, go forward” was a phrase my hunter/jumper coach often used when we were schooling over fences.  If we didn’t see a distance, then riding forward

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How You Can Improve Your Horse’s Balance

A follower on my Facebook page recently sent a message looking for an answer to her mare’s head swinging at the trot. “I own an appaloosa/quarter horse mare

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Overcome Your Fears By Becoming More Curious

I believe a great tool for overcoming fear is developing more curiousity.   When you get stuck in fear, you create barriers that fill you with anxiety and

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Half Seat Exercise to Improve Your Riding Position, Balance and Confidence

Do you feel anxious about horse riding because you bounce when your horse trots or canters?Tension is the problem as it causes you to grip and be unstable

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Not Your Average Horse Back Riding Trainer

I guess I’m not  your average riding instructor or horse trainer. Apparently, I do things a bit differently. Here’s an excerpt of an email I just received from

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6 Tips on How to Become a Good Rider

Here’s a summary of a post I just read on a horse forum.  The post was made by a beginner adult rider who started riding 3 years ago.

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