Lindgren Grant Training Trip

Hans at Tryon

Show Day 2: Sunday

Fortunately, Sunday brought absolutely beautiful weather. I did a light ride early in the morning to let Hans settle, and then set about getting him cleaned up and braided. He felt much more settled right from the start, which made me hopeful. Jeremy had me...

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TIEC

Lesson 5: 4/22/21

Thursday morning I moved Hans over to the show grounds at Tryon International Equestrian Center. This can be a little stressful--Hans has not shown a lot and can get insecure in new places, which means a LOT of screaming! Fortunately, he kept the screaming mostly...

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Lesson 2: 4/18/21

We worked in the snaffle again today, continuing with working some leg yield in the trot. We played a bit with going back and forth from head to the wall leg yield to haunches-in, which helped get him better on the outside rein while bending....

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Hans and Siobhan

Introduction

Hi, everyone! This is a blog I'll be keeping to chronicle my training trip to JJ Tate's that is made possible by a grant I received from The Dressage Foundation. I'll be heading to JJ's April 14th, training at her farm through the 21st and...

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