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Gold And Bronze Are Inspirations for Great Season

Gold And Bronze Are Inspirations for Great Season With A Solid Start to Finals Season, Karen Healey Stables Prepares for Continued Success Lexington, KY – July 30, 2012 – Californians came home from the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC) with an individual gold medal and team bronze. As Chef d’Equipe, Karen Healey coached Kilian McGrath of […]
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How to Select the Right Mentor for You

How to Select the Right Mentor for You Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship So you want to become an equine professional. That is wonderful! Finding a good mentor to assist your development into the professional world is invaluable. Here are some tips and advice on how to select the right mentor for you. What is a mentor? A mentor is […]
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Dressage

Bestselling Author Tami Hoag’s Youngest Dressage Star Wins High Score of the Show

Bestselling Author Tami Hoag’s Youngest Dressage Star Wins High Score of the Show Moorpark, CA (August 3, 2012) –Mitt and Ann Romney aren’t the only celebrities with a with a winning dressage horse. New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag’s string of upper level dressage horses are often headliners, but it is her youngest star, Highlife’s Aria that continues to […]
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Mounting from both sides of your horse

Mounting from both sides of your horse Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship You never know when you might have no choice but mount from the “off-side” of your horse. You could be out on the trail and a cliff is to the left side of your horse, or some other hazard or injury that prevents you from mounting or dismounting […]
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How to Teach Your Horse to Neck Rein

How to Teach Your Horse to Neck Rein By Kim Baker KB Natural Horsemanship Aids your horse must know before you teach him to neck rein: • Your horse yields to leg pressure – meaning if you apply left leg pressure your horse moves to the right. • Your horse gives softly to the bridle. • Your horse can follow […]
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Dressage

Columbian Junior Rider Nicolas Torres Rodriguez Recognized for His Top Scores at the North American Junior Young Rider Championships

Columbian Junior Rider Nicolas Torres Rodriguez Recognized for His Top Scores at the North American Junior Young Rider Championships Lexington, KY (June 30, 2012) – Colombian dressage rider Nicolas Torres Rodriguez has enjoyed a banner show season that was just topped off by being honored as the high scoring junior rider in all three days of competition at the 2012 […]
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Pin Oak’s 2012 Check Presentation at West Campus Texas Children’s Hospital, Thursday, August 2

Pin Oak’s 2012 Check Presentation at West Campus Texas Children’s Hospital, Thursday, August 2 The Pin Oak Charity Horse show will be making a six figure check presentation to Texas Children’s Hospital – West Campus to continue its commitment of $400,000 to underwrite the Second Floor Child Life Playroom. Additionally, Pin Oak will be making check presentations to Houston’s Ronald […]
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How Acupressure can help Osteoarthritis

How Acupressure can help Osteoarthritis No horse is immune to arthritis. Both young and old horses can experience osteoarthritis, though we see it in older horses more often. The horse’s weight-bearing joints, the hock, fetlock, pastern, and coffin joints are most susceptible to arthritic changes. It is less common for a horse to develop arthritis in the stifle joints and […]