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08/05/2023

Great read!! 👏

“I think it is too early to really say how it feels. So far, my daily routine has not changed at all," Ludger Beerbaum tells WoSJ after spontaneously announcing the end of his sports career at the beginning of July. Photo © Nanna Nieminen for World of Showjumping.

05/24/2023

Congratulations Theodora!! 👏

The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is pleased to announce the participants of the 2023 MZ Farms/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions to be held between June and August. Over five days, these athletes will participate in mounted flatwork, gymnastics exercises and coursework with...

04/16/2023

On March 31, as California-based hunter/jumper professional and ‘R’ judge Hope Glynn waited to board a plane at the end of Desert Circuit, she sat down and tapped out her thoughts about the current state of trainer-client relationships, particularly involving juniors, in the hunter/jumper world....

03/14/2023

THIS ⬇️

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!

03/13/2023

03/05/2023

Correct lower leg position! 🤗

Jim Wofford: “I want your lower leg position to look exactly like this: ball of your foot on the tread of the stirrup, your little toe against the outside branch of the stirrup, heels lower than your toes, weight distributed equally across the stirrup, stirrup leather vertical, and the stirrup perpendicular to the girth. Rather than pressing your heels down, have the feeling your stirrups are pushing your toes up. Your foot should be diagonally across the stirrup with a slight angle to your horse’s body; that angle should be the same as that with which you walk. This angle ensures the correct alignment of your joints and is the most efficient means of absorbing the shock of galloping and jumping.

Pay close attention to the spur and strap in this photo: The spur is fitted correctly with the shaft parallel with the seam of the heel box and the shank of the spur turned down. The buckle is centered above your instep, because in that position it is least likely to hang up on your stirrup when you fall off. Your spur should not be in constant contact with your horse’s side. If your heels are up and you are gripping with your spurs, your horse is behind your leg.

In this column, Jim examines the “tools” we use to ride—the existing tools we can improve and the entirely new tools we can develop during the winter. At its most basic it’s legs and hands, your position, your voice and—maybe most importantly—your knowledge of horses and their responses to various stimuli >> https://bit.ly/2vfJXau

02/22/2023

Take care of your tall boots!!

How do I care for my new riding boots? You just purchased a lovely new pair of boots-now how do you take care of them so they stay looking beautiful? Here are a few tricks we've been compiling over the year on how to take proper care of your custom riding boots. Put them away clean-If you do just on...

02/21/2023

Heads up: You have to be willing to be “not good” at something before you can be great. It’s just a simple fact, don’t take it personally. 🙃

You also need to go through the “not good” phase without losing your sense of fun, adventure, excitement or joy. Don’t let comparison ruin your fun! Be sure to keep your focus on your process… and progress. 👏👏👏

www.TonyaJohnston.com

01/10/2023

Five-time Olympian Anne Kursinski set the tone for the 2023 USEF Horsemastership Training Series by focusing on the importance of proper flatwork. She showed 12 promising young riders how proper work and proper position affect every aspect of every r...

01/09/2023

01/08/2023

Go watch - livestream and on demand!

12/20/2022

Some rule change highlights from the USHJA annual meeting.

At the first in-person U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Meeting in three years, held Dec. 12-15 in Bellevue, Washington, members debated a number of rule proposals designed to help protect horse welfare at competitions. One of those (EQ104, HU100 an...

12/18/2022

We’re so grateful for Anne Kursinski Riding and Jumping Mentor’s instruction this week! She took our riders outside of their comfort zones and gave us all new tools for our riding toolkits. We hope to host her again!

12/17/2022

So grateful for the instruction from Anne Kursinski Riding and Jumping Mentor!

12/17/2022

Great read!!

12/16/2022

We’re so grateful for the opportunity to host this living legend!

12/12/2022

Bill Steinkraus – wisdom for ALL riders: “If someone is effective, then they are subtle. They don’t make their aids obvious because they don’t have to. The highest praise is to have someone say, ‘It looks as if the horse was doing it all by himself.’ All that means is that you have reached the stage where you can put every foot exactly where you want it, right around the course, you have arrived at the jump with exactly the right amount of impulsion, at exactly the angle you wanted, in the frame you wanted, and on exactly the right spot – the jump (or movement) is inevitable.”https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/08/four-showjumping-masters-part-2-william-steinkraus/

12/11/2022

So impressive!!! 👏

12/09/2022

Though natural born talent can provide you with great benefits in the show ring, this gift can only take you so far when it comes to overall success. Being a talented rider is important, but there are qualities that you can acquire that will allow you to perform to the best of your ability. Here are...

11/08/2022

How Maclay Champion Augusta Iwasaki prevailed over criticism about her looks to blaze the trail for riders in the Big Eq—and beyond By Piper Klemm and Rennie Dyball Augusta Iwasaki won the ASPCA Maclay National Championship Sunday night, following up her recent wins in the WIHS Equitation Final an...

11/06/2022

10/21/2022

10/12/2022

We’re looking forward to hosting 5 time Olympian Anne Kursinski for a two day clinic December 16-17, 2022! We have limited openings for additional riders. Auditing will also be available. Please contact Kristina @ 425-246-1916 for more information.

Learn from 5 Time Olympian Anne Kursinski at one of her upcoming clinics.

October 21-23, 2022
New Braunfels, TX
TEXT Stephanie Cook 210-781-1812

November 4-6, 2022
​Chesterton, IN
Wendy Smith 774-521-4788

Market Street Clinic
November 11-13, 2022
​Frenchtown, NJ
Carol Hoffman 908-229-5298

November 26-27, 2022
Aldie, Virginia
Anne DeMichele 703-501-0891

December 2-4, 2022
Hampstead, MD
Brenda Herzog (443) 744-8502

December 9-11, 2022
New Braunfels, TX
TEXT Stephanie Cook 210-781-1812

December 16-17, 2022
Seattle, WA
Kristina Grayton 425-246-1916

December 18-19, 2022
Portland, OR
Meg Dune 339-223-2356

Go to https://www.marketstreetinc.com/clinics.html for more info. and registration links.

Anne is available for clinics at your barn.
Call (908) 229-5297 or Email: [email protected]

09/20/2022

A great article about a great person! ⭐️

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