Category Archives: Training

Many say SmartPhones have no place in a riding lesson. This exercise relies on one. The "Hey Siri" drill, from The EquiVault, is a group lesson that is challenging, educational,...

The Super S Line looks harder than it rides. This EquiVault exercise is designed to teach the horse and rider to look for the fence, emphasizing balance through the turns...

Working with young event horses is one of my favorite parts of my training program. Seeing them develop into confident, willing partners is incredibly rewarding. Whether I’m training one of...

Establishing control of the horse after a fence is one of the biggest challenges in show jumping. The TnT (Turnbacks 'n Transitions) exercise from The Equivault works on rideability after...

Straightness is a critical factor for jumping success. A horse that jumps straight is set up to jump in good form, jump higher and has a better chance of landing...

Sometimes finding the distance to a jump or seeing your spot on course is just downright frustrating. The ability flickers in and out like lights in a thunderstorm, occasionally leaving...

Round 1 of the 20202 ASPCA Maclay Final tested control. “You had some questions that kept being repeated—long to short, long to short—really showing that the kids had focus and...

Remi is one of the most uncommonly complicated creatures I have come across so far. He is a big, beautiful, cherry bay, rabicano Thoroughbred with a skunk tail. I have...

My horse has been rehabbing from an injury for almost six months. For the first three of those months, all I did was walk with him. Now I am up...

Scrolling on my cell phone, I see exuberant tweets and Facebook posts about riders working with their young horses during the free time created by the COVID-19 pandemic. With so...

I have always been fascinated by different approaches and philosophies for coaching athletes. Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to spend a considerable amount of time...

Show jumping is a sport of precision, intensity, dedication, and teamwork. To have sustained success, riders and trainers need to be able to manage competition schedules, choose training exercises, oversee...

For the past several years, the High Performance Equine Sports Medicine Group, led by veterinarians Dr. Mark Revenaugh and Dr. Timothy Ober, has been searching for methods to improve the...

What a difference a few weeks makes. At the beginning of April, people were going to the grocery store without masks, horse show managers were cautiously optimistic about getting May...

They say the walk is the easiest gait to ruin, but that doesn’t mean we should avoid schooling it altogether! It can’t only be used for rest breaks for the...

Gymnastic exercises are used extensively at Millar Brooke Farm to prepare horses for the competition ring—from young prospects up to Olympic caliber horses. In this article, Jonathon Millar shares some...

Reports cards are an easy-to-use method of tracking a child’s progress during the school year. But, they can also be designed to monitor the progress of horse and rider in...

World-renowned equine expert Linda Tellington-Jones’ healing equine bodywork and innovative training methods have revolutionized the horse training landscape over the last 50 years. Her unique blend of hands-on TTouch (a...

I could write a book describing the correct position when riding a horse, but that is not necessary. Identifying the proper position really is this straightforward! 1. Balanced position When...

“Often, the lessons I teach are not so different from the lower level to the higher level—it’s the expectations and technicality that vary,” says Canadian Equestrian Team veteran Jay Duke....