Three Canyons Equestrian Center

01/21/2014

My new FB page

Boarding at Shevlin Stables for horses in Training .- Hunters, Jumpers. Dressage

Schleese Ambassador

01/01/2014

http://dressagedifferent.com/2013/03/06/our-responsibility-to-dressage-trainers/

Dressage trainers, and indeed trainers and instructors of all disciplines, must balance the convergence of commerce and ethics. On one hand, most people who become dressage trainers do so because o...

01/01/2014

http://horselistening.com/2013/12/30/the-1-rider-problem-of-the-year-pulling-to-frame-a-horse/

Each year, I try to pinpoint one essential rider problem that is prevalent with most riders. Two years ago, we discussed the outside rein, last year it was the leg aid and so this year, let's discu...

12/26/2013

http://horsesinternational.com/articles/breeders-talking-adelinde-cornelissen/?utm_campaign=2168099&utm_content=11740736392&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailvision

Worried about the supply of sufficient horses with the potential for Grand Prix, Adelinde Cornelissen asks three top breeders in The Netherlands their opinion and to share their expertise. Adelinde is not an expert in the breeding world. However, she...

11/28/2013

The Geometry of Dressage (H/J's also!!!)

http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2013/11/24/classical-training-geometry-dressage

Training Your Horse, In my first ever lesson with Portuguese dressage trainer Miguel Ralao Duerte, he pointed out one very fundamental weakness to my daily training. Riding everyday in a very large riding hall, I was using the space like a massive scrap book that I could doodle around in as I saw fi...

11/10/2013

Great article from one of my mentors, Gerhard Politz

11/03/2013

Read the Steps!

I’m sure you've seen it before – there are many situations where a horse turns too abruptly, unbalancing himself and also the rider. Most often, the rider hangs on but other times, she might be uns...

10/28/2013

Another good read

http://www.sustainabledressage.net/collection/false_collection.php

We strive for collection. In dressage everybody talks about collection. There are whole books written on the subject. But what is it? Well, views differ. And for what it's worth, here's my view on what it's not, and why. False collection.

10/22/2013

One is just as bad as the other...

The controversy of rollkur within the world of dressage is not a new one. Also called hyperflexion, it is the practice of forcefully pulling a horse's head into an extreme low, deep and round posit...

10/10/2013

. Some people say that a coach can do only so much. The argument goes like this: after a certain point, there is only so much a riding instructor can say to change a rider's skills. Most of the res...

10/10/2013

That should not even be a question! I've met many people who are fascinated by horses enough to want to 'get' their own horse. Often, acquaintances or people I've met will ask me my opinion about b...