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Why More Outside Rein
By Chris Irwin
During most english riding lessons, especially a dressage lesson, you’re more than likely going to hear the majority of coaches telling their riders over and over again that they “need more outside rein.” The irony here is that so many people feel that they are riding a horse that’s downhill and heavy in their hands to begin with; the notion that they need more rein when they already feel like their arms are being pulled out of their shoulder sockets to begin with is a bit confusing and daunting. Click here to read entire article.
Women in the Company of Horses
By Wanda Kowalski
“I had the stuffing knocked out of me, but I got back on the horse and finished the lesson,” Wolff Knipping says. She was dazed, thankfully not injured, but that was the last horseback-riding lesson she took for awhile. “Each time I even thought about riding, my legs would turn to Jell-O and my heart started pounding.” She no longer trusted her beloved Hennessey, a purebred, pale grey Irish draft who stands a whisker over 17 hands. “Worse,” she says, “I lost confidence in my ability to handle him.”
Local horse trainer first to receive top award
By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter
She has loved horses since she was a child, but didn't become a horse trainer until she was an adult.
With 20 years of experience now behind her, Anne Gage was the first trainer to be recognized as a Gold Level coach and trainer in the Chris Irwin Horsemanship Train the Trainer program. Click here to read entire article
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