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Bendigo, the Event horse who wasn’t
My first horse sport was Eventing. It was a growing sport in our state, and its lack of formality appealed to the university crowd I grew up riding with. Wicki came with miles under his girth, and was a great … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, cross-country, Eventing, horse behavior, Horse training, training problems
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Small gifts
If there is one piece of wisdom I would wish to impart to anyone who trains horses, it would be this: appreciate the small gifts. If your goal is to win prizes and make money, then that wisdom may not … Continue reading
Coffee, Confidence Builder
In riding, as in life, we require confidence in order to succeed. Most of us have encountered those horses that have helped us in that journey. Perhaps it was the horse who knew his job so well that you could … Continue reading
There Are ‘Those’ Days
“Good luck with keeping the place up and finding any time to do anything with your horses!” Those were the parting words of the previous tenant of the first little barn that we rented. We’d been boarding our horses at … Continue reading
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Tagged boarding horses, chores, Coffee, home horsekeeping, horsekeeping, riding, Thorny
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“Then comes a revelation …”
“Then comes a revelation, finally feeling that a horse behaves gymnastically correctly, and the new convert displays a fervor the likeness of which has not been known since the conversion of Paul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus.” Charles … Continue reading
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Tagged Classical horsemanship, Coffee, Dani, horse and rider communication, Horse training, horsemanship, magic moments
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Four Weeks
Four weeks ago I had a fall. It was not from the back of a horse, as one might expect. No, it was one of those stupid falls, that in hindsight you know could so easily have been avoided (we … Continue reading
What is happiness?
Happiness in animals seems to be a popular topic at the moment. There was a recent publication of a study that concluded that snorting was a sign of “positive emotions in horses”, which was just one of the many studies … Continue reading
