When you are jumping a horse, your leg is your foundation. If you don’t have a strong solid leg in the right position, you are going to be in trouble. And if you have good form and have built up good length strength, you should be able to do this:

I’ll admit, this rider is pretty [...]

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One of my favorite parts of my time spent around horses is sharing their magic with others. I loved teaching lessons. I love talking with other horsey people. I love spending time with the other Pegasus volunteers as we share the horses with the students. I love bringing friends and family out to the barn [...]

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On a less somber note following my most recent post (see Teach Kids To Be Safe Around Horses) I just had to share this link to a Parody on a Jumping Clinic With George Morris. The writer critiques a serious of hideous jumping photos following the George Morris style used in his monthly Practical Horseman [...]

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I’m all for playing tagging games with my fellow horse bloggers, but it’s no fair when they all have middle names with 3-5 letters, and mine is 8 with several repeats. I think MiKael over at Rising Rainbow was right in identifying this as a virus. I’ve already defeated the seven weird or little known [...]

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(scroll down to watch videos of 2008 Bud Clydesdales, Shaq on horseback, and Big Ben American Idol ads)
I’m a Steelers fan, so I’ll admit, I was pretty pleased that the Giants managed to pull off the upset on the Patriots last night. I mean, two out of the three years the Pats won the Super [...]

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This has been going around the horse blogs for last day or so, so I knew it was only a matter of time before I became the next victim, er playmate….
I’ve been tagged by Grey Horse Matters (grey horses are my favorites by the way)  to share seven weird or little known facts about me. [...]

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I’m still working on catching up on Practical Horseman reading, and the October 2007 issue ends with a hilarious glossary of judging acronyms. Kim Ablon Whitney explains that using shorthand is an essential skill for judges watching horses and their riders tackle the same course all day. She says…
“the trick is to come up [...]

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