Management Strategies to Get Your Horse Ready for the New Season by Dr. Lydia Gray • courtesy of SmartPak Houses get a spring cleaning, cars get a spring tune-up . . . why shouldn’t horses
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Category: Training
5 Tips for Moving Beyond the First 90 Days
courtesy of The Arena by Vita Flex The day has finally arrived. The green horse you sent to a trainer is coming home. You can’t wait to mount and see what your horse learned in
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Alixe Garcia – DVG Show Stables
Creating aha moments for her clients in & out of the jumping arena. by Cheryl Erpelding Alixe Garcia, originally from British Columbia, Canada, has been working as a successful hunter jumper trainer in San Diego
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Wishing Creek Farms
A Premier Hunter/Jumper Training Barn Moves To Their Beautiful New Location in East San Diego County by Cheryl Erpelding Courtney Welch was lucky to be born into a family where not only one, but both
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Does Your Helmet Actually Fit?
courtesy of SmartPak Have you ever wondered if you are wearing the right size riding helmet, or stared at the size options for the helmet you’re about to order hoping you are picking the right
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Protective Riding Vests: Which One is Right for Me?
courtesy of SmartPak Have you ever wondered if you should be wearing a protective riding vest, or stared at all the different types, styles, colors, and brands of protective vests and wondered how to choose
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Basic Conditioning of the Equine Athlete
by Ashley Griffin, University of Kentucky • courtesy of Extension Basic conditioning of the equine athlete involves consideration of the event in which the horse will be competing, the level of competition that you expect the
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Tanja Fichera – True Feel Horsemanship
A Continual Journey of Learning from Horses by Cheryl Erpelding After watching Buck Brannaman’s documentary in 2018, Tanja Fichera realized that she saw all the things she had been doing wrong with horses her whole
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Understanding Horse Communication
courtesy of Vita Flex People have about 470,000 words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary to choose from when talking with one another. Horses may not have the ability to speak their mind but that doesn’t mean they
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5 Tips for Teaching with Patty Stovel
courtesy of Vita Flex by The Arena Teaching is at the heart of any discipline. Without a good coach, neither horse nor rider can achieve their highest potential. Hunter/jumper trainer Patty Stovel has mastered the art
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