The Riding Blog

There are so many directions and ideas on this subject, but let's start here with this brutally honest fact:

If you want to get the best out of your horse, they need to be happy.

A happy horse will...

How do you plan out the competition year with when/where/levels/etc?

This is something I've done for many many years now. I make an excel sheet with all possible competitions, then start narrowing...

There are a lot of “Big Pieces of Advice” I give out. Overarching ideas/concepts/theories that are transformative and foundational to success with horses.

But if I had to choose, there...

Aside from watching countless dressage tests at competitions, teaching dressage lessons, and making my own mistakes over the years, I also had the opportunity to be the dressage judge for a local...

I've been seeing a trend lately on social media. And by recently, I mean for several years, although it only appears to be getting worse.

We have lost our ability to understand that *almost...

The Progression of Learning

If learning anything was as simple as getting taught one time by an expert, we’d all be experts at everything.

But learning is not so easy. We have to take...

"Horse Show" versus "Competition"

The past few years, I've tried to make a conscious effort to stop saying the phrase "Horse show" and instead say "competition".

It's a natural occurrence in...

Why You Can’t Use Top Riders As Your Goal

You shouldn't try to ride like the top riders. You can't use them as your goal. 

Why? Because they ride 8+ horses a day and can do things...

Confidence vs Bravery 

When people find out I'm an upper level eventer, they somewhat frequently say something along the lines of "Oh wow, I could never be that brave". And on its...

This was a picture I posted a long time ago showing how much wear Jack’s shoes and nails took in one cycle.

But it’s also a very apt example to help me explain a mental tool you...

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