Carol's Corral LLC

10/01/2025

This has been another great week of riding. Yesterday’s ride was a fast one. 🤣😂😆
This little one sure can ride.

09/29/2025

Sometimes you find yourself on a horse. Sometimes on a horse you find yourself.

09/26/2025

09/23/2025

Angela and Bambi on the trails for their first time. 🪅🪅🥳🎉
She’s already asking to do it again.

09/23/2025

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09/23/2025

Just a few pics from the Western Dressage clinic I held on Saturday at Camp Rotary. The riders did a great job navigating their way through the dressage tests. We had lots auditors who came to learn and that made the clinic even more fun. We had a great group of people, great weather, and a great learning opportunity for horse and rider.
I’m looking to put together a few more clinics before the year is over. I am currently offering Intro/Basic Western dressage clinics, Beginner speed clinic/fun show, an obstacle course, the Fundamentals of Groundwork and an Introduction to Liberty. If you would like to host, attend or audit a clinic please feel free to reach out to me through a private message or comment below.
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09/22/2025

Great message

Tolerance for the discomfort of not knowing -

Like a lot of people, I want to know and know it all now!

I wouldn’t say that I didn’t have patience to learn, or was resistant to basics, but I was extremely frustrated by not understanding concepts immediately. When is this all going to come together? Why are we doing it like this? What does it all mean??

A really good teacher can explain these concepts, but learning is like building - you have to lay a foundation and create scaffolding. Without those laid through repetition and time, there is nothing for the information to “stick” to. Over time, you start seeing patterns, understanding how things relate, and seeing the connections.

But a big part of learning is not just drinking manically from the fire hose of information, it is somewhat a trust fall. If you trust your teacher, and like the results you see or the ways of going and expressions the horses they work with carry - then there is some degree of trusting the process required.

This might mean getting comfortable with not understanding, relaxing into the unknowing, and letting time and repetition do their thing. I have learned over time not to panic when I don’t understand or don’t have a skill I want, and to watch the process unfold over years.