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Lessons, boarding & training focused on simplifying the correct basics of:
- horsemanship
- dressage
- rider fitness

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween!

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10/30/2026

A successful first attempt at driving Steve-o today!

10/30/2026

This is what happens when they’re educated about pressure and step on their rope.

10/29/2026

You’re being put on a PIP due to under performance in that 20 meter circle.

The expectations were that it was to be circular, not have corners, be 20 meters in diameter and located at B.

Instead you submitted a square, approximately 25 meters, located at P.

We will be having weekly check-ins to discuss your progress.

10/29/2026

Regulation is step 1. There’s just no two ways about it. Before anyone anywhere can learn anything. High anxiety blocks comprehension and deep thinking.

You do not learn in a state of fear. The only focus you have while in a fear state is how to decrease your discomfort.

In the beginning of training a horse I will often work them in their field. They have friends, they trust that their environment is safe and they are able to learn things more quickly.

I always try to rank their stress level on a scale
Of 0-10. 0 is laying down to sleep. 10 is flying across the pasture to outrun something.

Usually around a 6 or a 7, you HAVE to address the fear or it’ll spiral into a 8, 9 or 10. However if you address it when it’s a 5 you can usually neutralize the issues quickly and keep the horse in that 3 or lower zone where their brain isn’t preoccupied with survival.

One of my favorite ways to teach regulation is to get the horse to bend to a stop. In hand this looks like a circle and a halt transition.

Once the horse finds their halt, they are often quite content to stay there. It takes some patience to help them find that spot being stationary. I keep encouraging them back to their position, and when they get there, they start to regulate.

You’ll watch the poll get lower. The eyes get softer. The breathing gets slower. The jaw gets looser and then they just relax.

10/28/2026

Alright. It’s time to start planning.

What’s my next hat?

Wish list:
- wide brim
- high and low pony tail friendly
- stays on in the wind
- doesn’t push sunglasses into my face

My head is pretty small. I think 6 7/8ths is my helmet size. My hair is obnoxiously voluminous. Sounds like a good problem to have until you have it. It’s impossible to fit hats/helmets well.

10/28/2026

This rider is coming in from another discipline but you’d hardly know it!

We have a few converts in the dressage club who are all having to adjust to sitting wayyyyy further back than they’re used to but are doing an excellent job at adjusting to it.

One thing that sticks out to me is how much more forgiving cantering in a two-point is from a symmetry perspective compared to sitting. Most of the asymmetry gets to hid in the floating and the shoulders coming to the inside isn’t something that’s addressed.

My horses quickly wonder where the riders other seatbone went and give odd versions of drift or leg yield. Getting these riders to sit symmetrical is the main task as they’re very good riders but haven’t focused on the evenness in their body.

I love seeing the progress of a rider who’s gained the use of their seat as an aid.

10/27/2026

Want to give to a great group of people?

Donate to the Auburn Dressage Club!

This is our second season together and we’re still developing as a club. We’d love to have you be a part of our journey.

10/27/2026

While I’m not a subscriber to the thinking that forward fixes a multitude of sins, I do think it can help an arthritic horse loosen up.

Sometimes on the horses who feel stuck in their body, sending them forward and letting them balance themselves on the Lunge line is the right answer.

10/27/2026

Cali, the jack of all trades, getting a little trot lengthening.

You’ll see her in intro practices. Or in first level.

Vee Hobart

Address

25261 Veterans Memorial Parkway
Auburn, AL
36879

Telephone

+18145716971

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