My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Not long after I got my Freedom I remember riding him in a lesson and feeling that he was going pretty well. He was hot but “packaged.” My trainer reminded me that if I was holding him together the entire time, I was losing the ability to communicate with him. She told me I had […]
Read MoreIs your horse a rock star? Author Dessa Hockley has the answer in her new book by the same name. By applying the concept of the Myers-Brigg personality test used on humans, she has developed an insightful questionnaire that categorizes horses into 16 different personality types based on answers to a series of 24 questions […]
Read MoreHow appropriate that right after my last post (on choosing a clinician), I took a lesson. I hadn’t taken a lesson for months and I knew I had slipped into some bad habits. My husband can’t understand why I still need instruction; “after all,” he says, “don’t you know how to ride yet?” In theory, […]
Read MoreYesterday I was riding my OTTB , Freedom, after he’d had 10 days off recovering from a ding on his leg. Needless to say he was a hot tamale and had the attention span of a gnat. Even worse, he was pulling like a freight train. My ride gave me the chance to reflect on […]
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