Rohlf: Mental, Emotional and Physical Self-Carriage
How do you create a horse that is happy and willing to do the work. Or are you going to create a monster a horses that doesn't care, the work is harder, the pressure increased and he is getting stronger!
The ex-racehorse can often be an inexpensive solution to a new owner, owning their own horse. But obtaining and retraining these horses is a unique experience one that can be fraught with peril. Here is the information that can help you, answer and maybe ask the right questions. A new series on retraining the ex-racehorse from the beginning!
Rummaging through the cold muscles, bared
nerves, enormous stratified hematomas, and dissecting joints and
membranes, the picture of “the most elegant sport” is becoming clearer
in all its terrible explicitness on the dissecting table.
Trot to Walk Rein Length - What does it mean if our reins are too short when we transition from trot to walk? Also what does it do to the horse to go to a straight elbow after the trot? Video in Susan Folder on hard drive.
We all strive to ride with lightness. As human beings, we tend to think too much, and as a result, our brains
get in the way of our riding. You do not think lightness, you feel
lightness. Add Your Voice and tell us what you think.
How do you create a horse that is happy and willing to do the work. Or are you going to create a monster a horses that doesn't care, the work is harder, the pressure increased and he is getting stronger!
The ex-racehorse can often be an inexpensive solution to a new owner, owning their own horse. But obtaining and retraining these horses is a unique experience one that can be fraught with peril. Here is the information that can help you, answer and maybe ask the right questions. A new series on retraining the ex-racehorse from the beginning!
The Back Line Tool. A tool to help riders judge the level and quality of their work. The back line tool - judging collection.
Kudos to the FEI Jumping Committee for taking this step forward for the good of the horse. Jumping Hypersensitisation
Trot to Walk Rein Length - What does it mean if our reins are too short when we transition from trot to walk? Also what does it do to the horse to go to a straight elbow after the trot? Video in Susan Folder on hard drive.