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There's just one Driver Slot left for the Dec. 5-7 Clinic at the Florida Horse Park. Grab it before someone else does! Auditors will be included in all group discussions, and I'll have a mic, so you can hear the teaching throughout the clinic. If you miss that last slot, grab an auditor pass and mark “Driver Waitlist” on Your Profile — if a spot opens, I’ll fill it by date of signup, and if not, you still get the full auditing experience.

I’m joining the Whip’R Snappers Driving Society for their Educational Day and Meeting in Temecula, CA, to dig into long lining and combined driving strategies — from what you teach on the lines to how it shows up in dressage, cones, and obstacles. Check the Whip’R Snappers event page for full details and RSVP info.

I have not competed at Bromont International CDE in many years. This year we decided to attend based on how many good things we heard from our friends who attended last year. We were not disappointed! The drive up to Quebec from Eastern New England is much easier than battling our way through Connecticut, [...]

This week marks yet another week that I have been reminded of something so fundamentally true, it can not be escaped: “Teach what your train, train what you teach.” Having recently returned from a successful outing at the Bromont International Driving Championship CDE, I turned to planning the next steps in Loretta’s training. In that process, I reviewed the areas in our work that are going well, and

Yesterday’s dressage test at Live Oak FELT GREAT!! ‘RettaRoo is really starting to get into this new level for her. She’s clearly is beginning to understand the test, and more importantly, like it. Photo by Tegan Henderson We ended day one of the three day competition in 3rd place behind U.S. Equestrian Team [...]

Photo: picsofyou.com Each year the United States Equestrian Federation recognizes the top horses in each discipline and level the horse is competing at. For the second year in a row, Loretta earned the top spot in her division. Loretta earned the 2024 Combined Driving HOTY at the Advanced Novice level [FEI 2*] after [...]

I've had quite a few people asking me about getting horses going again after their long winter off. The question always is: How to get the horse back in shape without over-doing it, but fit that work into the already demanding schedules that humans have to keep? Start with the rule in mind: “less is [...]

I have been doing a lot of 1-1 Private Online Coaching sessions recently. I always knew this would be a really useful learning tool, but honestly, I underestimated just how effective this would be! I'm so impressed with the progress my students are making within just a few sessions. In some ways, the Online Coaching [...]

Questions Answered! You can watch a recording of my live question and answer session from March 30th, 2020. We talked about collars, marathon times, long lining, getting lazy horses to walk, then getting the hot ones to relax, and more. Check out the full recording plus links to the reference materials and recommended long lines.




















