Category Archives: English

The Horse I Couldn’t Quit

A few months ago, dripping in sweat and battered and bruised, I came home and text messaged my best friend Meghan, telling her that I thought it was time to...

18 Signs You Grew Up Equestrian

1. Your horse was technically your first love. https://twitter.com/Shay_Shay81497/status/627880829788794881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 2. And your personal belongings, a billboard to express that love. https://twitter.com/hannahx905/status/623978111567310848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 3. Which drove you to acquire some odd, but...

Little Victories

I walked off of the cross country course in tears yesterday. Sweat poured off of my face, and the tears caught into the black mane and glistening neck of my...

Six Micro Lessons With Charlotte Dujardin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_5JiZWChY Charlotte Dujardin held her first clinic in Canada earlier this month, and PSdressage.com was on the scene in Surrey, BC, reporting live all the minute-to-movement action that was this year's most...

Rethink This the Next Time You Ride

Something interesting happened recently that served to drive home a central aspect of riding repeated time and time again by the classical masters; something that I myself try to teach...

Balance and Impulsion

Jack Le Goff told us (5,974 times by actual count) that in order to have an adjustable canter that "allows" the rider to be able to instantly lengthen, be able...

Lightness of Intent

Lately I have been thinking about what is meant by being ‘light’ when we ride our horses. I have come to the conclusion that this is a one of the...
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