REINVENTING THE WHEEL
Why do we sometimes think we need to reinvent the wheel: horses haven’t really changed that much in a very long time. They are still...
THE BEND, THE BEND THE BEND!!!
Everyone talks about 'the bend.' Even when you first start to ride the teacher will shout things like: "bend him around your inside leg"...
HORSES AND THE NATURAL STUFF
Two observations have caught my attention this week with my horses. The first concerns putting my old very dominant mare out in the...
WHAT RIGHT DO WE AND HORSES HAVE?
I’ve thought a lot over the years about how we keep and work horses. Even the concept of ‘owning’ a horse, a creature we buy with money...
FEEL THE RHYTHM!
Much to do with the process of riding involves a sense of rhythm and incredibly precise timing. What I’m most interested in talking about...
"TURNING HEADS" AND "TO TIP OR NOT TO TIP!"
Many things happen when we first get taught to ride and many pieces of misleading information get transferred into our riding and our...
