Tag: Dressage horses
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Monday Minstrel: Poem by Anna Blake
Such an arc to his stride, soft rhythm as his hooves cut the arena sand. Sit tall, rider, with balance and broad shoulders. Fill your lungs and share his pride. And then just ask for a little more. Too much and he’ll lurch on tense muscles. Ask with the quiet belief that when he feels…
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So Many Details. So Little Time.
Dressage is all about the details. There are an infinity of details that must be remembered and carried out. Focusing on the details is the Lens Artists challenge this week given to us by Patti. This is a tough one for me as my dressage life is all about details. Endless details! But how can…
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Monday Minstrel: The Ballet Dancing Horse.
Alignment, placement and transitions are of prime importance.
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An Uneventful Forest Tailride.
No one I know has an answer to this.
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Lens Artists Challenge #118 Biasini Speaks about Communication
We horses don’t speak but we do communicate.
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The Uber Model loves the Forest Trails.
I call the horse ,whose real name is Touch Me Marso, the Uber Model. This is because he has such fabulously long legs and is so tall and elegant. Look at him. And yes, that is me sitting up there on him. My coach, Belinda Trussell, was showing last weekend so she asked if I…
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We don’t have to be Perfect
A 10 is “excellent” not “perfect”.
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The Olympian,the Uber Model, the Beautiful Venetian.
The why and the how of the exercise.
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Naima Moreira Laliberte: One day at a time to Tokyo 2020.
At age 12 Naima saw the dressage in the 2008 Olympics and she was hooked!
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Jill Irving: Teammates and Tokyo 2020
We, the athletes, are living our dream.
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Biasini Speaks: I’m a bit annoyed!
I thought I was never going to get a chance to speak!
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Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu: Competing for a Ticket to Tokyo 2020.
“I know what I want to achieve!”