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The Power of Purposeless Play

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I couldn’t remember the last time I rode for no reason. No goal. No training scale running in my head. No movement to fix. No score to chase. It to...

The Power of Purposeless Play

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I couldn’t remember the last time I rode for no reason. No goal. No training scale running in my head. No movement to fix. No score to chase. It to...

We have to fall.

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Alan Watts noticed something hiding in plain sight: we don't step into love. We don't enter it carefully, or arrive at it. We fall. That word didn'...

Does dressage punish dedication?

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I've been thinking about luck lately. Not in a self-pity way. More in a... "why does this sport work like this" way. Here's what I mean. Six months...

The Opposite Of Dressage

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I was 4 Coke Zero's in when I asked Angela.Not because we were hopped on caffeine and aspartame, we weren't, but because that's when conversations ...

How Not to Impress Your Father: A Dressage Story

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Last summer I did my first Prix St. Georges test on Stanley. I earned a daring 57%. In dressage terms, that’s not a score, its more a cry for help....

You Need To Know This

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I want to say this straight up: I am proud that you ride dressage. I am proud because you have chosen a path that asks for everything and promises ...

Dressage Is A Middle Finger

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The world, as it stands, is running on a lot of cheap energy. Anger is the street food of the modern soul. It’s fast, it’s greasy, it’s everywhere,...

My Thoughts On Suppleness

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If there is one thing I’ve done throughout my career, it’s ride a lot of young horses. When you spend that much time starting horses from the gro...

Anyone Can Pull

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I've been thinking....... Most of us are really good at the “asking” part. We pull, we push, we squeeze, we worry, we hover… We’re all b...

Closing In

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Lately it feels like things are closing in.Our farm used to be miles away from the city. Now residential homes and a new school are 700 meters from...