Great game for easing into canter – and for light and soft transitions We do this in an arena.  60 x 20m.  You can do it in other sizes, but the size of this is perfect.   So try to mark that kind of area out, as best you can if you don’t have an [...]

In addition to our normal 2 day clinics, and regular lesson days, we’ve just added a brand new format making it LESS expensive and easier for more riders to attend. Click here for more info!

It was an honor to be be part of the “behind the scenes” at Horse of the Kings show at Southpoint Casino for the Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse.  Margit and Panadero – soloists with style – rocked the house with beautiful lights and music, and a truly beautiful presentation.  It was the end [...]

Champions are always after the competitive edge, however pleasure riders mostly want to be safe, and make sure the way the sit doesn’t hurt their horse. It was a natural marriage of minds when Colleen Kelly and Linda Parelli met.  Linda is famous for her work with rider position..add Colleen Kelly, the expert in the [...]

Thinking of Giving up? Too old, too sore, not enough money? dedicated to Karen B from WA “I have scoliosis”, “I have one leg shorter”, “I’m too sore…” One of the most common comments I hear is “I have scoliosis”, or “I have one leg shorter than the other”.  ”I could never ride straight.” It’s normally the [...]

Tempo & Timing – Rushing & Labored Dressage or Jumping – it’s the same! “Tempo” means how FAST a horse is going “Rhythm” means the type of beats (for example in dancing it’s waltz rhythm, or cha-cha rhythm).  In horses we have 4 beat walks, 2 beat trots, and 3 beats in the canter (which [...]