Aug 23
I provide Dressage lessons to clients at Black Whiskey Ranch, Priddis, Alberta. The western lilt of the barn’s name and that our regular clinician is regarded as one of the most renown hunter/jumper equitation coaches in Canada should peak your interest in our program. We have a team and our team has a system, a program for developing skill …
Jul 24
I am the first candidate in the province of Alberta, Canada to achieve my Competition Coach Specialist Dressage accreditation. This certification is backed by Equine Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada and administered by the Alberta Equestrian Federation. The process involves reaching or exceeding all 7 certification outcomes to be mastered. Some of these outcomes …
Aug 06
The Digital Horse visual aid for learning dresage tests. I ‘ve found it is better to learn all my dressage tests by memory. It goes beyond memory, I learn them “by heart”. In this way I use my anticipation and sequencing skills to help prepare for the next movement. If there is soft music in the …
Mar 28
The Mane Event, Equine Education & Trade Fair at Westerner Park in Red Deer, April 26 – 28, 2013 is pleased to announce our jumping/equitation clinician and dressage clinicians for this year are: George Morris and Tom Dvorak If you would like to participate in their sessions or simply audit please visit http://www.maneeventexpo.com for …
Nov 13
At a recent clinic on general horsemanship, the clinician repeated over and over again he was “getting the horse ready” to move or complete a task. He was preparing the horse to choose the correct way to move based on his preparation. This took me a moment to realize that this is what we as …
Feb 05
Dressage Competition Arena From A to C, repeat after me….. A – All D – Doctors L – Love X – X-raying I – Idiotic G – Gopher C – Craniums (Thanks to Victoria Cox)
Feb 03
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