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| 2/24/2009 | by: Michele Morseth, MA | |
| Supple Posture, a Depth of Seat - Discovering Skeletal Balance, Core Efficiency & Supple Control | |
| In 1733 F.R. de la Guérinière lamented that to bring out the beauty of our horse we need "an air of ease and freedom... a controlled yet supple posture...depth of seat" but riders weren't working to achieve it. | |
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| 2/14/2009 | by Lynn Palm | |
| Building a Partnership with Your Horse Part 3 | |
| Ground Training, Golden Rules Continued I now want to add the final two 'Golden Rules' of Ground Training to 'Respect Your Position' and 'Make Straightness a Goal,' the two that you learned in the last article. Golden Rules #3: Do Not Pull |
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| 2/7/2009 | Judy Goodman | |
| African Horseback Safaris - Botswana's Okavango Delta | |
| Riding in Africa has been something we talked about for years but never did -- all those scary things like political unrest and violence, malaria bearing mosquitoes waiting to bite you, black mambas waiting to strike followed closely by charging lions or rhinos. Every year when the catalogues from the riding trip agents turned up in the mail, we read them and talked about going to Africa and then chickened out. In 2007 we decide to either do it or stop talking about it. And my advice is just go! | |
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| 1/19/2009 | By Lynn Palm | |
| Building a Partnership with Your Horse - Part 2 | |
| “Ground Training, Part 2, Golden Rules”
No matter what your horse’s age, ground training will make him a more responsive, obedient partner. Ground training is a must for young horses; and with older horses, it adds variety to your schooling and provides another opportunity to spend time together. |
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| 1/2/2009 | By Judy Goodman | |
| Portugal’s Alentejo Coast Ride | |
| We chose this ride in April 2008 because we had never been to Portugal and it was on the way to Spain. And we were very lucky. It was good choice. We rode at Herdade Pesseguiro on the coast of southwest Portugal, in the Alentejo province south of Lisbon and north of the Algarve. | |
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