A good friend sent me this article recently, stumbling across the work of a group of Harvard researchers pleasantly surprised him in an otherwise uninspiring look at the positive psychology movement.

Title: Balmoral Presents Johan Hamminga Location: Balmoral Equestrian Centre, 299 Harkaway Road, Narre Warren North VIC 3804 Date: 19-22 October 2010 Description: One of the most famous and well respected judges and trainers in Holland! Johan Hamminga is the chief judge for the Stallion Performance Testing at KWPN in Holland. Johan has trained many successful [...]

It’s something we all know we should do, but procrastinate terribly over. How many times have you postponed cleaning your bridle, saddle or leatherwork for fear of starting an all-day journey to banish dirt and dried-on sweat scum? Cleaning your tack not only improves appearances, it’s also critical for safety of both you and your [...]

Have you recently hit a brick wall with you training? or maybe that little stumbling block is taking longer than expected to resolve. Everyone can suffer from periods of disillusionment in their riding, where things feel forced and we seem to fall out of ‘flow’. Much like you might experience writer’s block or creative stagnation, [...]

With all the current talk of negative tension and the debate over hyperflexion / rollkur and other ‘in vogue’ techniques Dressage Today has published an interesting article from an FEI trainer with a slightly different perspective. Whilst we might have settled on an approach designed to instill relaxed confidence in our horses, how do we [...]