The Horse In Sport

12/23/2022

The Store is closing at 5PM today. We will be in the building next week to pack. Check the Website for the mobile unit schedule.

11/26/2022

Don't forget our Black Friday sale runs thru Dec 9th!

11/22/2022

If you are trying to reach The Horse In Sport, please PM Tiger Adams. Page is going through some changes. Thank you.

09/19/2022

Remaining therapeutic sheets: Catago,
1/81, 1/84

09/17/2022

Looking for Ceramic Infused therapy wear for your horses? Monday Sept 19-Friday September 30. All "CI" products 30% off.

09/09/2022

WARNING:

Extreme drop in temperature for the next 3 nights!

While we have been dropping into the mid 70s the next three evening will be taking us into the mid to low 50s!!

Are your horses prepared to handle those drops?!?

Do have blankets? Supplements? Good feed?

THE HORSE IN SPORT can offer, in stock,
•Blankets (new & consignment)
•GPS SU-PER Supplements
and
•Wild Fed horse feed
And more!

Come in today and let us help get ready for this weekends cold snap, STARTING TONIGHT!

2685 Hwy 50 GJ
970-263-0101

09/05/2022

The park is a homage to Secretariat's career as the most famous Thoroughbred in history. The project will be completed on Nov. 11, 2023—exactly 50 years after Secretariat arrived at Claiborne Farm for his breeding career.

09/05/2022

A World Power

“My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.” George Bernard Shaw

I helped a Grand Prix rider resolve a problem with the flying changes, and the manager came into the ring telling the rider that a dressage judge had just arrived. The rider panicked, telling me she needed my help, but the judge might give her bad scores if he knew I had fixed the horse. The rider wanted me to hide in the closet as if the husband had come home too early. The judge’s incompetent advice caused the problem that we had to resolve with the flying change. I left. I have experienced this political garbage many times. The Science of Motion is a power that riders and trainers need when they have a problem that conventional training approaches and therapies cannot resolve, but they hide their relationship with the Science of Motion, fearing that they will annoy traditionalists.
Stephen Fry describes tradition. “For years, mankind has been told what to think and what to believe by shamans, priests, and ideologues. There is an alternative: free thought, trusting our ability to find out, investigate, question, and test according to repeatable, reliable evidence.” It took me decades to find out, test according to repeatable, reliable evidence, and when advanced research started to explain what I was doing and teaching, I realized that half of the time had been consumed fighting the ghosts of traditional thinking.
Instead of surrendering to systems that fail both the horse and the rider, riders, teachers, trainers, and therapists applying the Science of Motion, should stand for their ethics and their horse. There is a better way to prepare the horse’s physique for the effort. The practical application of actual knowledge could prevent pathological damage. Instead of hiding slow work for fear of criticism of the fast-forward traditional approach disciples, Science of Motion members should advise traditionalists to sit, close their mouths, remove their spurs, and listen.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to changes. The ones who would rather cling to tradition show their IQ.

09/05/2022

We will be closed for Labor Day tomorrow Monday Sept 5, 2022

Have fun and be safe!

We will see you again on Tuesday from 10am to 530pm!

08/25/2022

Some beautiful shots of local riders and trainers!

08/25/2022

CPRA Championship Competitor’s get ready now!!

Come in for all your tack and supply needs!

Ropes, tie strings, bull vests, gloves, OnU, saddles, bits, pads, spurs, hay nets and more!

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2685 Hwy 50 GJ, CO

970-263-0101

CPRA Finals

08/25/2022

Take a 👀 here!

Double J Intimidator!

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2685 Hwy 50 GJ, CO

970-263-0101

08/25/2022

Way of Introduction/From the horse's mouth by Tiffany Nanchin

Many falsely claim to teach Science of Motion, memorizing a few key sentences or buzz words without fully understanding the concept or their misinterpretation.

This was exactly what happened when I was first introduced to Science of Motion. I hadn't heard of Jean Luc Cornille or Science of Motion. It was not promoted locally and a trainer who hired me to ride full time told me he was beyond happy with my riding however wanted to teach me Science of Motion. I would consider myself to be open minded. I've always been keen to participate in clinics, listen to new concepts and decide what to incorporate into my horsemanship.

After I accepted the riding position role, I looked up Jean Luc's website and I was blown away and maybe a little overwhelmed. Even though changing would be demanding, I was excited to be learning "SOM" from this local trainer and we set out a program. I rode on average 8 or so horses a day with the trainer teaching me "SOM" during each of my rides. For over a year I believed I was learning Jean Luc's Science of Motion. It wasn't until I returned to freelance where I reached out to Jean Luc directly and began a series of evaluations, video lessons and bought all the books, that I realized some very key components had been falsely explained to me. In fact, they were not according to Jean Luc's beliefs and research at all. Quite the opposite of the truth.

I reflected on the others I had taught in between, telling them it was Science of Motion... When in reality-it was recycled garbage that should have just been thrown out. This led me to the realization of how many false practices were being justified and how dangerous this cycle would be if allowed to continue. The horses would continue to suffer greatly. The riders as well.

This huge breaking point hit me at a time that I already had a successful training and boarding business with my late fiancé. I had to explain to my clients that I would be taking a break from teaching until I could make sense of what was true and what wasn't.

This really frustrated me at first because of the hours I was drilled to have these "bad habits" under the understanding that it was SOM. I had to remain positive for the one good thing that happened from the imposter. Simply that, now, I at least heard of JLC and SOM and now there was no speedbump between myself and Jean Luc himself. I could go straight to the horse's mouth.

The next stage that I had to face was the consuming guilt. Guilt not from anything deliberately cruel in intent, however the way I was trained did not benefit the horse and therefore it damaged the horse. I honestly believed I had been riding all these horses true to SOM principles. It was not at all. I was disheartened to feel like I hadn't done right by the horse and I wasn't even aware how twisted the truth was. Jean Luc was able to encourage me through the deep guilt of not knowing, while I was trying to learn.

Then came the confusion stage. This is where I had to sort out the meanings and associations I had previously paired with the same words used. I remained determined to get to a point to become a benefit to the horse. Although I believe there is always more to learn and we should all try to be better for our horses every time we work with them, I needed to take that step back to get a foundation of understanding for the true SOM concepts as well as the misconceptions.

I continued with my own personal horses and video lessons with Jean Luc directly. I became a member of IHTC and the individual forums available. It took months of studying full time but things finally started to truly make sense and the horses told me right away in how they responded. I had several personal horses with severe lameness issues to address and many at different ages or stages or disciplines and it made a difference for them all. Even though I could see the results on my own horses, I felt it important to be careful now with client horses.

It was important to me, to not fall in the footsteps of the imposter and assume I understood, if I didn't.

As things began to change in my horses and my understanding grew, Jean Luc and I discussed a program where we can work together as a team... Where his critical eye and unparalleled knowledge is a stone foundation and I could add in the frequency needed or help in real time, in between Jean Luc video lessons if the owners couldn't make it out often enough or wanted extra support. We really made progress and each horse provided success and marked improvements. This was a way to have Jean Luc directly involved heavily. There is no room to misinterpret and if it happens, by myself, the horse or the owner - it is caught right away. There is no delay to not get to the source of the individual horse's needs, therefore we are not spending months working on ineffective movements or excersice that will not help each individual horse.

The progress on all these horses was phenomenal. Several with kissing spine, torn suspensories, broken withers, broken pelvis, Grand Prix jumpers and eventers that were no longer sound to compete at that level, torn deep digital flexor tendon, torn check ligament, bowed tendon. All these horses came so much further than what was initially expected. A few of these horses were recommended for surgery and we were able to restore soundness to a level the surgeries no longer became a recommendation. I was fortunate to have an open minded experienced vet and farrier who have been able to work in tandem with Jean Luc's recommendations or provide the xrays and medical support required in some of the severe cases. I think that has been an important part of the process as well. It is a whole team effort but each role is critical.

This type of partnership with Jean Luc directly has changed my life and the lives of so many horses we have worked with already. I know there will be many more to come. The detail in his teachings is beyond compare and his research and teachings will continue to evolve in time, however I am just so humbly grateful to have the privilege to be a part of something so revolutionary.

It is truly an honor to be an SOM member and I feel a sense of duty to bring others to the source to learn from the living legend himself.

I was told long ago that "Passion amongst horse people is contagious" . I believe it is true.
I strive to lead by example and inspire others to do the same.
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08/25/2022

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08/25/2022

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CHECK OUT THESE BEAUTIFUL
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Prices new from Capriola’s for $425 + shipping, these chinks are consignment priced at $350 out the door!

08/25/2022

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