LINDSAY'S BLOG | HORSE TRAINING TIPS & EQUITATION SCIENCE
It's More Than Just Horse Show
Horse training tips, and life lessons learned from horses and horse shows! Insights into why horses do what they do based on equitation science.
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I was 13 when I entered my first horse show. The judge advised me that the yellow macramé browband I’d crafted for my gelding’s bridle was not custom... >
As horseman’s eye learns to recognize correct conformation and gait patterns, and also learns to discern when something’s “off”, as a bank teller lea... >
Developing a horseman’s eye is a lifelong process –I’ve been watching horses for years - as a young rider from horse show bleachers, later making my l... >
Developing a horseman’s eye is a lifelong process of studying horses -reading, seminars and training your horseman's eye through experience. >
I’ve learned SO much about horses by watching them – I’ve sure benefited by watching countless horses revolving around me on a lunge line, studying mo... >
Lunging is an extension of your horse training, More than a chance to blow off steam. And lunging has tuned my eye in comparing the movement of hundre... >
Horse judging across a few disciplines is wearing many hats. And lots of learning!
Winter in Canada brings snow, seminars and judge’s exams. Hunte... >
In the horse show world, knocking over a pylon in a pattern class is grounds for disqualification or “Off Pattern.” But not in life. I’m convinced th... >
Black Beauty shed light on issues of horse welfare -the life of working horses. The voices of Black Beauty and Ginger awoke empathy for horses – in a ... >
When I began judging horse shows, I was struck by how little influence fashion trends had on my score card compared to performance and penalties. Desp... >