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What To Do When Your Horse Bucks, Plays, Or Pulls After The Jump

What To Do When Your Horse Bucks, Plays, or Pulls After The Jump

  • August 25, 2020
  • Geoff Teall
  • Ask The Experts, Riding & Training Help
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Geoff Teall and Linda Allen explain why a horse may buck or play after a jump when leg is applied and share exercises to work through this common problem.
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Exercises To Teach Your Horse To Stay Light Between Your Aids

Exercises To Teach Your Horse To Stay Light Between Your Aids

  • May 26, 2020
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts, Riding & Training Help
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Julie Winkel shares her favorite exercises for getting a horse light and responsive to the leg and rein aids.
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Why Does My Horse’s Canter Feel Different From Right To Left?

Why Does My Horse’s Canter Feel Different From Right to Left?

  • April 28, 2020
  • Linda Allen
  • Ask The Experts, Riding & Training Help
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Linda Allen gives some insight into why a horse may feel differently on one canter lead than the other.
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Improving Your Sitting Trot

Improving Your Sitting Trot

  • November 19, 2019
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts
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Julie Winkel and Verena Mahin share their favorite exercises to help a rider achieve a smoother and more connected sitting trot.
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Ten Of Bernie’s Favorite Videos On EquestrianCoach.com

Ten of Bernie’s Favorite Videos on EquestrianCoach.com

  • September 4, 2019
  • Bernie Traurig
  • Riding & Training Help
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To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, Bernie has put together a list of just some of his favorites over the years.
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Stop Your Hands From “Posting The Trot”

Stop Your Hands From “Posting The Trot”

  • June 12, 2019
  • Verena Mahin
  • Ask The Experts, Dressage
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Verena Mahin shares three exercises to help keep your hands still at the posting trot.
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Are Pelham Bits Frowned Upon In The Hunter Ring?

Are Pelham Bits Frowned Upon in the Hunter Ring?

  • May 21, 2019
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts
  • 2 Comments
Julie Winkel puts on her judges hat to shed some light on whether specific bits and martingales are judged differently in the hunter ring.
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Does Your Horse Rush Through Trot Poles?

Does Your Horse Rush Through Trot Poles?

  • May 7, 2019
  • Stacia Madden
  • Ask The Experts
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Stacia Madden shares the exercises and positions she has her students do to stop a horse from speeding up at the trot over poles on the ground.
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How To Keep Your Heels Down Over The Jump

How To Keep Your Heels Down Over The Jump

  • April 17, 2019
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts
  • 2 Comments
Julie Winkel gives a member tips on how to stop standing on her toes when jumping.
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Why It’s Harder To Keep Your Horse Round In The Canter

Why It’s Harder to Keep Your Horse Round in the Canter

  • March 26, 2019
  • Karen Healey
  • Ask The Experts
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Karen Healey gives insight on why horses get flat in the canter and tips on how to overcome this common issue.
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Bernie’s Top Ten Most Common Clinic Observations

Bernie’s Top Ten Most Common Clinic Observations

  • February 19, 2019
  • Bernie Traurig
  • Riding & Training Help
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Bernie shares with us the issues he sees most at clinics.
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What To Do When Your Horse Freezes

What To Do When Your Horse Freezes

  • February 1, 2019
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts
  • 2 Comments
Julie Winkel explains the importance of understanding why a young horse may freeze when another comes up behind him and ways to overcome this behavior.
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Deep Heels Vs Shock Absorbing Heels

Deep Heels vs Shock Absorbing Heels

  • January 22, 2019
  • Bernie Traurig
  • Ask The Experts
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Bernie helps clarify what "deep heels" means in riding and why they are important.
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How To Gauge What Your Horse Needs To Work On

How to Gauge What Your Horse Needs to Work On

  • January 15, 2019
  • Linda Allen
  • Ask The Experts
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Linda Allen explains how to develop a "feel" for what your horse needs to work on when riding.
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Stallion Traits: How Long Do They Last In A Gelding And Safety Tips

Stallion Traits: How Long Do They Last in a Gelding and Safety Tips

  • January 6, 2019
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts, Horsemanship
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Julie Winkel discusses how long stallion traits may last after gelding and how to keep your horse safe.
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No-Stirrup November: Exercises To Make Dropping Your Irons Less Painful

No-Stirrup November: Exercises To Make Dropping Your Irons Less Painful

  • November 6, 2018
  • Julie Winkel
  • Ask The Experts, Equitation
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Julie Winkel shares her thoughts on working without stirrups, including what exercises she likes and dislikes.
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How To Prepare For Equitation Finals

How to Prepare for Equitation Finals

  • October 31, 2018
  • Karen Healey
  • Ask The Experts, Equitation
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Karen shares her strategy for preparing her students for equitation finals.
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A Judge’s Look At The 2018 Dover USEF Hunt Seat Medal Finals

A Judge’s Look at the 2018 Dover USEF Hunt Seat Medal Finals

  • October 25, 2018
  • Geoff Teall
  • Equitation
  • 2 Comments
Geoff Teall reflects on what goes into judging one of the most prestigious equitation Medal finals in the country.
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An Exercise To Teach A Horse To Collect The Canter And Not Break To The Trot

An Exercise to Teach a Horse to Collect the Canter and Not Break to the Trot

  • October 5, 2018
  • Robert Gage
  • Ask The Experts
  • 0 Comments
Rob Gage shares his favorite exercise to teach a horse to keep cantering and stop breaking to the trot.
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Stop Your Horse From Swapping Leads Behind In The Canter

Stop Your Horse From Swapping Leads Behind in The Canter

  • September 26, 2018
  • Karen Healey
  • Ask The Experts
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Karen Healey gives us an insightful look into why horses swap leads behind at the canter and exercises riders can do to prevent the swap.
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    What To Do When Your Horse Bucks, Plays, or Pulls After The Jump
    August 25, 2020
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    Exercises To Teach Your Horse To Stay Light Between Your Aids
    May 26, 2020
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    Why Does My Horse’s Canter Feel Different From Right to Left?
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