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So, to my Polo, goodbye, and thank you. You were more important to me than you could ever know. And to all you at Ponybox, Hello again, and thanks for waiting. With this long overdue tribute to a very special muse, Polo ...
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When I first started this scheme, I set two goals for myself: Jump a single jump at 1,20m backwards, and complete a low course backwards. I also considered trying a small course at a local practise show if I could find a venue to allow it.
My next challenge to tackle was a low ...
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What was my revolutionary idea, you ask? Well, it came to me one day when I was riding with a friend, without the supervision of either my mother or my instructor, as usual. I decided that if I was going to try riding backwards, I ought to take extra safety precautions. But what ...
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Let me begin with a note to any of you who scorn this idea: I first got this idea from seeing a photo of Rodrgio Pessoa, an undeniably brilliant rider, trying the exact same stunt: Jumping his horse backwards. It isn’t just some harebrained scheme I concocted on my own.
Next, ...
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Who is Olop, you ask? Well, that is my new nickname for Polo. Read on, and I daresay the reason will soon become clear.
Those of you who know me will surely know that I am somewhat ‘lacking’ in the sanity division. In fact, at times I wonder if I have any sense of self preserv ...
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In this article I am going to teach you all just some basic lunging exercises. These exercises will help build your muscle and help your balance. But before I start this article, I would like to warn you that all of these exercises require you to take your feet out of the stirrup ...
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Before my trainer got Dee, she lived in Missouri on a cattle farm. The owners were not very smart when it came to horses and they were afraid of the big mare, for good reason. She was broke at the age of 2 years old using cowboy methods. They made her do competitive trail courses ...
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21st Mar 2012 |
Horse Training |
IggyPogo
Does your horse fuss on the ride away from the barn, but happily gallops the entire way back to the barn? Or does he start walking in the direction of the barn before you remount in the middle of a trail ride? Does he gallop all the way home when given the slightest chance or per ...
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In the previous articles, we discussed Moony’s rearing problem, a rider’s usual approach to a rear, and how to correctly approach a rear. To sum up, when your horse rears, you do not want to make a big issue out of it – because that is what will lodge it in his memory. You want t ...
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I did my best to avoid the instances that encouraged rearing – but if you look above, you’ll see that it’s quite a list, and that there are many aspects that you just CAN’T avoid when riding a competitive horse. The main thing I did with him, is kept all my sessions short, but ef ...
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It all started around November 2011 – I couldn’t tell you what caused it. Sometimes there is no cause – young horses are constantly going through phases, which are seldom triggered by anything at all – and this was just one of Moony’s phases.
At the time, his flatwork had come ...
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My article is about my 10 Yr old grey mare Misty. As most of you know from my ponybox account on paint I have had a lot of problems with Misty in my 4 years with her. Misty is a Arab cross and therefore has a lot of energy, but Misty also had other problems! Misty would buck when ...
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21st Jun 2011 |
Horse Training |
mosquito
Lunging a horse is a great way to build fitness for your horse, and when used correctly, it can improve your horse’s movement, balance, and flexibility. If you don’t have much time, you want to see how your horse is moving, or there is a particular aspect of your horse’s performa ...
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This is a really cool party trick. It doesn't involve any complicated equipment, the horses love it and it's very effective! The trick is the smile.
The goal is to create a big "smile" with your horse. He'll lift up his lip and hold it, usually raising his head up in a big "gr ...
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On 17 February 2011, I began preparing Moony for his eventing debut. After his Third Place in his first jumping show of the year, I decided it was time for him to start eventing and see if he couldn’t achieve similar results.
We boxed Moony and Bronze to a nearby venue that we ...
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27th Apr 2011 |
Horse Training |
mosquito
There are hundreds of gadgets out there that claim to fix all kinds of training and behavior problems. It would be great, if we could just spend a bit of money on a new gadget and all of a sudden our horse will mover better, and be more responsive. It is true that many training a ...
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Have you ever experienced terrifying refusals that make you very unconfident and worried? And all the while you wonder, is it my fault my horse refuses to jump? Is he in pain? Or is it a mental issue with the horse?
Well, here is an account of me trying to figure out why my ho ...
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Every equestrian discipline has a bad seed, or a group of bad seeds, within the majority which practice any particular discipline. The Saddle Seat horses get a bad name for their rubbers and their chains, the western Quarter horses get a bad name for their practices of attaining ...
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With 2010 well behind us, the time soon arose for Moony to make his 2011 debut – heading off for his first show of the year on the morning of 5 February 2011.
He loaded without a problem, and arrived at the show safe and sound and raring to go, which is just as well, since we ...
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1st Mar 2011 |
Horse Training |
mosquito
Pay attention. I know riding is fun, and lessons can be exciting, but try and stay focused. Don’t come to a lesson sleepy, hungry, and just to talk to your friends. Come rested, well fed, and tell your friends not to sit on the arena fence, but that you’ll catch up with them afte ...
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On 3 February 2011, one of our show venues was having an open day – allowing riders to pay to use the arena for one-hour sessions.
This was the perfect opportunity to prepare Moony for his first show of the new year! ...
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On 28 January 2011, Moony and I attended a clinic by Andreas Hollmann – An international rider and course designer, and a professional coach.
We were supposed to take part in a group lesson, but there was only one other rider in our 80cm group, and she never arrived – so by a ...
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9th Feb 2011 |
Horse Training |
PonyBox
This video shows an inexperienced girl riding and lounging a horse with a whip. This is a good example of a lack of communication between rider and horse. The horse is lounging in fear instead of enjoying himself. ...
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As many of you might remember, I began publishing weekly training articles on my work with Moonfire as soon as I got him. However, I chose to discontinue these articles after about the 6th one – purely because I had written all I could about the methods I was using with Moony, an ...
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My first horse was a paint mare named Huzzybug. My first horse was trained by beating her and whipping her and trying to break her spirit. Her spirit was never broken, ever.
When she first came to my house we seperated her from the other two we had. You could not even get clo ...
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13th Nov 2010 |
Horse Training |
Whispyy
The last horse I worked with was a 14 year old Appaloosa mare named Flyer. Flyer had an amazing head for an appaloosa. Working with her in the round pen I started to realize something really weird. Every time I would focus on her hip she would stop, which is the very opposite tha ...
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We can ride. Ask yourself now: Are you a passenger, or are you a rider? If your horse makes a mistake, can you help it out of trouble? If your horse takes a big jump, can you trust yourself not to be left behind, and if you are left behind, can you avoid catching your horse in th ...
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The half halt - every rider's best friend - also happens to be an annoyingly elusive tactic that at first seems near impossible to grasp and is often near impossible to explain.
If you are like me, you will have been told many a time to 'half halt'. When I was given this comma ...
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I got Sandy three weeks ago and I have fell in love with her. She is currently in training and I have been teaching her things such as, sliding off her back, standing in the saddle, how to bow and hug me, kiss me and pick up her feet on command. I have even taught her to go in ...
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6th Oct 2010 |
Horse Training |
Irony
When I first began riding her, several months ago now, she was very unfit and not use to regular work. We brought her back in starting with poles, lots of hacking and regular field gallops. She got fit quickly (that's TBs for ya!), so soon we started jumping small cross poles and ...
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She warned me several times that he was a crazy, mad, dangerous horse. I opened the gate to the paddock and walked slowly in, like I would do around new horses. I approached the other horses and stroked them and talked to them all while keeping my eye on the crazy horse. He didn' ...
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