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
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Show Day 1: Saturday
After a week of beautiful weather, a storm system moved in Saturday morning. I decided to try to ride, as Hans really
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Lesson 6: 4/23/21
Friday morning, I did a light ride on Hans early in the morning. He was on his toes but really listening, so I was
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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
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Lesson 4: 4/20/21
Today was another ride in the double, and we started off with working on Hansi's "show trot". He has a lot of get up and
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Lesson 3: 4/19/2021
Today we did a lesson in the outdoor in the double. I ride Hans mostly in the snaffle, usual it's a ratio of three days
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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
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Lesson 1: 4/17/21
JJ got back from FL on Friday, so we did my first lesson on Saturday morning. Hans had Friday off, so this was a basic
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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
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Competidor V, 1995 – 2015
to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones
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