Spoiled Rotten Sporthorses

12/02/2023

Too many people focus in on travers for the pirouette....WRONG!! Also not correct for the walk pirouette....

12/02/2023

Quote of the day: "Ride the canter trot transition as if you are starting the trot not stopping the canter." Christopher Hess

10/14/2023

Old friends reunited! Love this old man and I love rehabbing! It gives me great joy to help horses come back from injury/illness. In another life, I would have opened a state of the art rehab facility😉

10/02/2023

Horse show life😊

09/14/2023

Tuckered out baby horse....Natioanls is a long week!

08/06/2023

Good first day at WAHA:) Ari broke the 70% and Viola oh so close! She has been at 69% multiple times. Today I vow to be more ACCURATE and help her get there too! It takes a village: great owners/breeders: Jen and Tim
great barn friends: Keanna and Rhonda Dart
Most amazing barn staff: Sammie Bollinger

06/18/2023

This!! Getting recognition for the HARMONY between the horses and me is what dressage has always meant to me!! Thank you to An Tearmann Arabians Jen and Tim for trusting me with your beautiful creatures 💕

03/16/2023

"One will always be able to trace any riding problem to the breaking of one, or all of the cardinal rules of horsemanship:Calm, Forward, and Straight." -Erik Hebermann

02/02/2023

When the Vet said straight lines and at a walk. 🐎 💨 🫣

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01/30/2023

This one has it figured out....demand lunch..when finished a long afternoon nap is in order🤣

01/30/2023

Someone is VERY pregnant😉

01/16/2023

One of the stunning horses I get to ride everyday😊

01/07/2023

PSA: If you suspect mild choke in your horse, stick your fingers down his/her ears....they will shake their head hopefully hard enough to dislodge blockage! Thanks to Dr Anderson Country View Equine Clinic from Ozzy and me!!

01/07/2023

There is hope for correctness!!

Christoph Hess tells:
“How to sit, this is the secret of good riding. This is what we have to explain, to learn to sit, lunge lessons, and learning how to sit. For me it is the difference between just sitting on a horse or to have real influence because you are using your body in the right way with balance and suppleness -then you have influence in a positive way, not just using the hands.”
Plus MUCH more – go to: https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2023/01/a-conversation-with-christoph-hess/

01/07/2023

"Bend" is about alignment....hind quarters lined up with forequarters regardless of line of travel.....in other words "Straightness".(training scale, anyone??)

Thank you Trish!

12/29/2022

THIS!! For the love of all that is holy consider this concept and treat your horse like an athlete instead of a motorcycle!!

Copy this---Put it where you will see it every time you get on a horse. Then give your horse a fighting chance to stay sound by actually giving the horse a thorough warmup, rather than getting on, walking for a couple of minutes, picking up the reins, and getting right to business.

It isn't just the tendons you will be helping, either. It will color your entire attitude about schooling if you slow down and take time. And it will sooth your horse, once it knows it isn't going to be instantly rammed and jammed into some "shape."

Klaus Balkenhol talked about this same thing at a clinic I attended, He said most people are in way too big of a hurry, and tend to skip over a decent warm-up time.

12/22/2022

Ozzy snoring off his sedation after some old man maintenance 🤣

12/14/2022

A nice little surprise today from Santa's elves in Evansville...💕🤗

11/04/2022

Collection is often misunderstood. You cant collect what you dont have(energy). Think of "collecting" your horse's energy into a basket between your leg and hand. They must sit more, not slow down. The hand simply receives the energy. It took me forever to understand "push them slow" not "pull them slow"!

10/07/2022

Some quotes I saw today:

Dorothy Marks
"There are many answers to this, but one that I quite like is that in modern dressage you have to have the right horse to 'do' dressage, and in classical dressage, dressage is there to improve every horse."
From Tressa Boulden-Linsley
"In both you can enter competition.. let's clarify that.
Modern riding is about the "look" of what dressage is suppose to be and the dumbing down of what was once a fine art, aimed to improve a horse's way of going and bring harmony to the relations there of.Modern riding is about industry and turnover. Prize riding for money or merrits, it will sacrifice the well being of the horse to gain any of the previously mentioned."

I was taught dressage was meant to turn each horse into the best athlete he/she could be by developing their posture and balance correctly and systematically.....what is going on today in many show rings is something different....:(

10/01/2022

Cherokee teaching the next generation 😊💕

09/13/2022

A nice start to the show:) A privilege to ride quality horses for great owners💕

09/11/2022

Good Morning from Arabian Sporthorse Nationals at WEC!!