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Category Archives: Horses
Repost, BTE 1 of 9: How I Won the Training Level AEC
Saturday has turned into my admin day, when I don’t have a Show Today post. Over time, I will be reposting the entries from my previous monthly blogs Back To Eventing and Back To Riding. You can catch ’em if you missed ’em the first time. I can include them in the Rodney’s Saga searchContinue reading “Repost, BTE 1 of 9: How I Won the Training Level AEC”
Ad Envy
This month’s issue of Show Horse arrived. On the inside back cover was an announcement for this year’s National Academy Championship Finals. The pictures are from the 2013 show. I am in back of this photo on the middle left. You can see the patch of white hair. [Posts on the subject listed here.] IContinue reading “Ad Envy”
Rodney’s Week: Jumping & After
Rodney has issues with jumping. Day 1 Rodney was a star. Our round pen is a 20m circle made from simple jump standards and plastic tape. Rodney motors around happily. He’ll even throw the occasional fuss without challenging the tape. If he freaks out and runs thru the tape, oh well. We do not toContinue reading “Rodney’s Week: Jumping & After”
Training Aids: Bzzzzzz!
When I look down at a horse … … my mind is elsewhere. I don’t even realize I’m doing it. So, I designed an exercise. I downloaded a buzzer app … … and gave the phone to my instructor. She tasked with buzzing each time I looked down. We both expected a lot of buzz.Continue reading “Training Aids: Bzzzzzz!”
Speciesism
I had a tall, dark, good-looking gentleman flirt with me a few days ago. Unfortunately, it was Rodney. He had worked three days in a row in the round pen at all three gaits. He was due for an easy day. So we did weave poles. He loves weave poles. He can do them. MoreContinue reading “Speciesism”
Equine Neologisms: Uncanter
In Shakespeare: The World as a Stage, Bill Bryson talks about the many words Shakespeare invented. I thought I’d give it a go. Uncanter: When a rider asks a horse to canter and the horse proceeds at an indeterminate gait that is neither a trot nor a canter nor a formal ASB gait. A horseContinue reading “Equine Neologisms: Uncanter”
Virtual Brush Box 