These days, Loretta and I are training in a dressage field on the edge of Steensel, Netherlands. A few lessons here handed me a humbling reminder: I didn't need to know more—I needed to use what I already knew, and drive it proactively.
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We made it to the Netherlands! The trip was a logistics gauntlet, but Loretta is as keen as ever. Here's why we're prepping for Munich from about 600 km to the west.
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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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
