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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 [...]

When I say "young horses," I mean anything under 4 years old. I get a lot of questions about what we should be doing with those yearlings, 2 and 3 year olds. The answer is quite simple.

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 [...]

When you hear hooves, you naturally think of horses before you'd think of zebras. It's the simplest explanation. When we have training issues with our horses, we don't always use such simple logic. Occam's razor can help!

As of December 15th, I’ve been, for all practical purposes, under house arrest. It’s not what you think, even if you think twice. No, I haven’t been naughty, and no, I don’t have Covid. I’m recovering from some reconstructive surgery on my leg.