May 05 2021
When you see – Q, you know it’s Cowboy Dressage. Sidesaddle allows a rider (usually female) to sit aside rather than astride a horse. Sitting aside dates back to Middle Ages as a way for women in skirts to ride a horse in a modest fashion while also wearing fine clothing. It has retained a …
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Feb 09 2021
Hitched Horsehair Bridles Have a History Behind Bars BY JODY MARTIN “The flowing mane and tail of the horse have been used for many purposes, both utilitarian and aesthetic, ever since humans paired up with equines. The strong, waterproof, dye-able strands of hair became a component in the creation of ropes, girths, and war bridles …
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Dec 02 2020
Dancing with Bones A.- When the horse’s inside Hip moves closer to his inside Shoulder, he is bending. B.- When the horse’s Hips are rotating down and his Shoulders raised up, he is in Collection.
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Nov 25 2020
COWBOY DRESSAGE – “The Best of Both Worlds” A horse’s foundation starts when you put a halter on him and take him out of his stall, paddock or pasture. From there it continues on in the round or square pen and then to a larger arena type schooling area. Unfortunately for most horses, that is …
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Jul 13 2020
La Garrocha: The magic schtick! “The Garrocha pole is a spanish tradition of the Doma Vaqueros. The long pole was used to both tend cattle and then to perform in the bull fights. The handy vaquero horses had to be able to turn and spin around that pole while the rider intimidated the bull into …
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Jun 25 2020
Skeletal Maturation “What we know about the rate of skeletal maturity is that the growth plates in the equine body slowly fuse between one-and-a-half and six years—across the board. There is no truth to the myth that some breeds of horses mature faster than others. All horses reach skeletal maturity at about five-and-a-half to six …
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Jun 09 2020
Shifting Weight (dancing) Shifting weight is dancer’s movement so that their weight is moved from one supporting foot to another one fully or partially. Loping, for example, involves shifting of the body’s weight from one foot to another, so freeing the first so that it may be lifted and moved forward. This process is a …
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Apr 30 2020
Holiday Compadre 1987 – 2019. Rest In Peace. “Save the Last Dance For Me”! “Compadre has earned worldwide recognition and exceeded his notable ancestors in so far as the numbers of humans that have seen him perform and know his name. His name means ‘friend’ in Spanish, and there is no better friend in promotional …
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Mar 26 2020
LIFE STYLE IS WHAT MATTERS “There was a time when the land held no fences….where a man could ride uninterrupted for weeks….a land where great herds roamed without boundaries….where the hand of man could not be seen….a perfect scene created by the hand of God himself….in the evenings the sky held a blanket of stars….one …
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Mar 26 2020
“We have borrowed the concept of the “training scale” from classical dressage but have adapted it to fit the Cowboy Dressage horse and rider.The “scale” or “tree” (as we call it) illustration is so apt because it not only illustrates the lineal progression of training but the relative time that is spent in training at …
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