Month: January 2019
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The Horse, The Rider and the Cantilever.
Lou Denizard gives another “outside the box” training tip.
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Monday Minstrel: Quote; Sonke Rothenberger
As finely tuned as a Ferrari but they are not machines.
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Dancing in the Rain!
It was raining. A steady downpour of rain. But dressage riders can take that in stride especially if they are Canadian. Yesterday I went down to the Adequan Global Dressage Festival to see the Intermediare 1 Freestyle. The freestyle is where the riders and their coaches will choose choreography from the required movements of the […]
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My Horse Hasn’t Read the Book!
Training tips from Lou Denizard.
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A Different Way of Winning.
Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing. Vince Lombardi I don’t think I could live my life following that mantra. Vince Lombardi was a football coach and player and maybe it worked for him. But there are different ways of winning. At the Christmas party, at Belinda Trusell’s Oakcrest Farm, Belinda spoke about her ride […]
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Monday Minstrel: Warrior Queen Rani
“We fight for independence!”
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Inside? Outside? Which side? Which way?
I tell my students they are ‘peeing on the hydrant’ when I see that leg come away from the horse’s side.
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Biasini Speaks: I have a new Bodyguard!
There is no way I’d get into a fight with a big guy like Khan.
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Monday Minstrel: Laura Graves: “uncoordinated” Champion.
She found a home in the equestrian family.
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Helgstrand Dressage and Haute Couture Horses!
Wednesday, January 9. 2019 was the ‘preview’ of the horses at Helgstrand Dressage. This is the creme de la creme of dressage horses. They have many of the qualities of haute couture fashion garments: high-quality, expensive, sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable sewers. These horses are high […]
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“If you stand still you are dead!”
4.3 million people were watching the live TV coverage.
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Monday Minstrel: Winston Churchill speaks of horses.
Winston Churchill was an avid rider of horses.
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