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• Question # 231: What I am struggling with is refusals, mostly confidence issues, spooking at fillers etc. I have found speed can sometimes be our friend, it looks out of control but the only times we have gone clear are when he's speeding!!!
• Question # 230: I recently got a new horse due to my other being not well suited for me (rush fences, run like crazy, and not calm down.) I was learning eventing and he thought he knew it all.. and would pick up on my nervousness and get all sorts of wou
• Question # 226: I have a rescue TB (starved, not raced that we know of) who I fostered and trained (and then adopted) and have had for over a year. I've been working on my half seat and trying to get her braver, going on hacks and practicing cross-country
• Guest Blog Post # 39: "Fear" by Shanyn Fiske
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 376
• Video # 67 and Question # 213: This is a video of Rowan, my 14 year old OTTB gelding. I took him off the track several years ago and turned him into a show jumper and fox hunter...
• Handling Cross Country Start Box Issues!
• Question # 197: My horse and I moved up to Training level last summer, and did very well, even winning at our last event of the year. But this year...
• Question # 190: Last year, my mare was a VERY solid Novice horse and I moved her up to Training level at the end of the season. She would take about 2-3 jumps to build her confidence and then there was literally nothing I could point her at she...
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 283
• Video # 61: This is Catherine!
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 253
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 235
• Photo # 55: This is Rachel! (Current Freebie!)
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 186
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 137
• Question # 153: I have a new 5 yo OTTB. Gorgeous, but a bit timid. I tried your "bravery test", and he failed big time! He wanted NO part of it, no matter what I did. I tried walking him over, tried riding him over, and he just got worked up.
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 113
• Question # 143: A recent clinician told me to keep a firm feel of my horse's mouth on the takeoff of cross country jumps. My coach at home tells me to soften so as to not interfere with my horse. Which is right? (Amber)
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 45
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 43
• Video # 43: Kayla tries the low wide oxer exercise with her horse that tends to jump too high at times in the Show Jumping!
• Question # 138: My horse and I haven't been jumping too long, and have just started getting to the 2'3" to 2'6" heights.
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 15
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 12
• Tip/Quote of the Day # 10
• Shannon's Blog post # 2: Courage For Our Cowardly Lion
• What to Do If Your Horse "Jumps Over the Front End"
• Teach Your Horse to Focus on the Top Rail of the Jump
• Question # 130: I have a 5 yo OTTB gelding (10 months off the track) that I would really like to hack out more. However, the few times I have tried, he's been a little anxious in the open field.
• Question # 129: I am just getting back into eventing after almost 2 years off due to my mare's injuries and illnesses. I went out cross country schooling on the weekend, and even though we were only popping over tiny stuff,
• Getting the Most Out of Riding in Clinics
• What to Do After a Refusal on Course
• Guest Blog post # 20: "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" by the famous Bad Eventer!
• Build a Strong Lower Leg!
• A Jumping Exercise to Sharpen Up Every Horse!
• Question # 111: At the end of January I got bucked off my horse for the first time pretty much. I should have lunged him prior to riding, but I didn’t.
• Question # 110: I had two bad falls a week ago. Fell (actually went FLYing off might be more accurate) in warm up, and then again at fence 3 in stadium.
• Question # 105: I have a horse that will go into water just fine, but will NOT jump off a bank into water! I've tried giving her a lead, but that didn't work. What else can I do? (Ashleigh)
• Help Your Horse to Better See the Jump in Front of Him
• Photo # 36: This is Courtney! She sent this picture in to show the trouble that her horse sometimes has with verticals that have no ground line. She would like some advice on how to help her horse with this problem.
• Discussion # 55: How would you ride this unusual cross country fence?
• One Thing at a Time!
• Question # 97: I have an 11yo OTTB who is a roarer and whom I am competing at novice level this year. We are doing great on XC and in SJ, but we are struggling in dressage.
• Photo # 32: This is Ramona!
• Video # 27: This is Andi and Chester on a Beginner Novice cross counry course!
• Photo # 27: This is Anna again!
• Conquering the Dreaded Ditch and Wall Jump!
• Guest Blog entry # 1: "Battling the Confidence Monster" by Jennifer Shattuck
• Question # 81: How much contact should you have on cross country? I've gotten some conflicting advice in the past and would love to hear your opinion. Thanks! (Amy)
• Question # 79: My horse spooks at the dumbest things!
• Question # 76: My horse has trouble with focus in "coffin" type complexes, as he seems to focus on the jump further ahead of him rather than the ditch right in front of him. What can I do to help him learn to focus on the ditch first? (Cat)
• Video Discussion # 37: This is an interesting exercise!
• Video Discussion # 36: Walking ditches and trakehners!
• Riding the Timid Jumper
• Question # 62: I've been doing Training level, and doing well, and then last November we had a fall - my horse caught his leg in an oxer going for the long spot, and we tumbled.
• Video # 23: This is Andi and a green jumper that she is helping to train!