Tag: Intermediare 1 Dressage test
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How to ride the Inter 1 Zig Zag
This week I asked Lynsey Rowan to show me the Intermediare 1 Zig Zag. This movement was always one that I struggled with when I was competing in the Inter 1 in 2019. I used to dread it when I knew it was coming up in the test. This is a tricky movement. Starting with […]
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Caledon Dressage show Success!
This past weekend my coach Belinda Trussell and her assistant trainer Lynsey Rowan showed at the Caledon Dressage show in Palgrave. The weather was pleasant temperature wise but a very strong wind was blowing. You can see that from these flags. The first horse from Team Oakcrest (Belinda’s farm is Oakcrest Farm) that I watched […]
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I’m in Charge!
I can make a mistake but I had better correct it quickly!
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Tina Irwin: When Dreams Turn Into Goals.
Sometimes things happen for a reason.
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Discipline!
Internal Discipline: This is the discipline that sets your alarm at 6am and actually gets you up at 6 am and off to the gym and then you do the 3 sets of 12 reps of those strengthening exercises. External Discipline: This is the discipline that the gym’s trainer exerts when he or she counts […]
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Silent Sunday
All photos by Joanna Jodko Photography. White Fences Show February 22,23 2019
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Not Lost, Just Wandering!
Video lesson with Belinda Trussell.
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What is on the Other Side of Fear?
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” This is a quote I read last week. It got me thinking. I was heading to a competition and I decided it would be worthwhile to examine what “fear” meant to me. What were the sources of “fear” for me? Physical fear? No. Despite the […]
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Riding Between Moments.
Lesson with Belinda Trussell. Ride two hands and two legs equally.
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Once More Unto the Breach!
The problem is the rider….ME!
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I am that Unlikely Success Story!
But another surgeon took up the challenge….