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Keep Calm and Drive the Bus

Families with outstanding March invoices, please remember that they are due at the end of the month.From the blog:Last weekend, I rode in one of my regular clinics with Olympic dressage rider Michael Barisone, a topic about which I’ve blogged previously.  What I really enjoy about these clinics – aside from the wonderful riding tips I’m able to pick up and the progress that my gelding makes each time we attend – is that Michael’s vast experience as a horseman and his worldwide connections with some of the legendary horsemen (and women) of our time have given him a wealth of stories, training tips, and exercises he’s able to share with myself and my fellow riders.This week’s insight came halfway through my Sunday morning lesson with Michael as we worked on enhancing my horse’s adjustability in the collected canter – which only works when the horse stays forward and in front of the leg.  Michael told me, “It’s his job to let you drive the bus, not throw you under it.”  Read More