Dedication Dressage Farm

14/12/2023

07/01/2023

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/

27/10/2022

10/09/2022

Beautiful photos

30/08/2022

Admiring my neighbor’s sunflowers from afar 😍
I had to get a closer shot… so I did.
Nearly all are facing east, but nobody faults the few who are facing in another direction.

24/08/2022

There are no excuses after watching Verity Smith, a blind rider, perform a beautiful PSG test! ❤️

17/08/2022

Sunday taking an early morning nap in his Dutch paddock. Life is good. 🥰

15/08/2022

Harvey and Remi enjoying the view while Tessa watches them.

26/07/2022

I took this through my window screen. I love looking out at my barn ❤️

29/06/2022

16/12/2021

02/12/2021

Love this!

I was scared today.

I was scared to get on, scared to walk out the yard because I had a bad ride the day before. One bad ride, and it made me scared.

I didn’t know why. I’ve had 1000 bad rides. I’ve had 1000 falls. I’ve broken bones and bruised my pride on countless occasions, but today I was scared.

Why? Because confidence is fragile. It takes months and years to build and seconds to lose and yet we are so careless with it.

When we get on a horse, we wear a hat to protect our head. We wear body protectors, gloves, boots...

We pay so much attention to protecting ourselves physically, we forget that our minds are not invincible, and our confidence certainly is not.

Your bank of confidence needs regular deposits, not just from others... but from you. Self confidence is the most valuable currency in life.

When you go to get on, and you hesitate, you falter and you start to ask yourself “can I do this?”, chances are, your account is almost empty.

Every time you laugh and say “oh no, I’m no good” or “so and so is 10x better than me”, you make a withdrawal from that account, and before you know it, your account is empty and you’re scared to get on.

But every time you say “I’m really pleased with how that went” or “I think I rode that really well”, your balance increases.

We need to learn to give ourselves a break, pat ourselves on the back and allow ourselves to feel proud of where we are - after all, most of the time we’ve worked bloody hard to get there!

Recognising your strengths is just as important as recognising your weaknesses. Never allow yourself or anyone else to empty that account.

Confidence is valuable, don’t bankrupt yourself.

30/05/2021