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What a year!
I’m not usually one for the whole New Year hoopla – from the champagne to the resolutions, I usually take a pass. It’s a fairly random mark of passing time, and for many just an excuse to party. But there … Continue reading
Posted in My Journey
Tagged brighter days, broken back, Coffee, Facebook, frustration, Goodbye 2015, Hello 2016, job, Nash, Noble, online connections, reorganization, riding accident, Tally
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Training, trust and horsemanship
Facebook is a hotbed of posters, homilies and words of “wisdom”. Some are funny, some tug at heart strings, while others are meant to make you stop and contemplate. They tend to get recycled over and over – the more … Continue reading
Posted in Thinking Out Loud
Tagged dangerous, emotions, Facebook, flight animal, horsemanship, horses, poster, relationship, training, trust
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Thank you for being a friend!
This post is dedicated to all those horsey people, from around the globe, that have connected with me through Facebook and this blog. As I spend these days mostly on my back, recovering from my crash last Sunday, I have … Continue reading
Posted in My Journey, Thinking Out Loud
Tagged accident, Ben, blogging, community, Dani, Dressage, equestrians, Eventing, Facebook, friends, horsemen, Hunters, inspiration, making connections, motivation, my journey, personal history, quitting, recovery, snobbery, Tally
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Lessons from Facebook
I think Mark Z. and his crew have created a new algorithm for Facebook – a teaching algorithm. That is certainly how it felt this past week. It started with the news about horse sports getting worse than ever. Dressage, … Continue reading
Posted in Horsemanship, My Journey, Thinking Out Loud
Tagged Ben Hart, bonding, Classical Dressage, Dressage, Eventing, Facebook, joy, liberty training, relationships, YouTube
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Facebook is killing Dressage!
Have you ever had someone share something on Facebook that you were dying to respond to, but you knew that your response would anger or alienate some of your friends or “friends of friends”? It’s a fairly regular occurrence for … Continue reading
Posted in Improving Your "Eye"
Tagged bend, critical viewing, Dressage videos, Facebook, impulsion, rhythm, suppleness, suspension
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Dressage Wars
It’s getting ugly out there! There’s a battle raging on social media, and at the heart of it is the equestrian pursuit that I love. On the one side you have the “Dressage is horrible! I’d never do that to … Continue reading →