Jun 06 2020
The AIDS “Riding your horse should be a conversation that nobody else can see.” Your aids are the collection of tools that you use to communicate with your horse. You use your body to speak directly to different parts of the horse’s body. Your aids include hands, legs, seat, weight, energy, and voice. (fig.1). At …
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May 31 2020
The King and I Nuno Oliveira (23 June 1925 – 2 February 1989) was a Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer and dressage instructor. His teachings have inspired riders and trainers all over the world to adopt the ‘baroque’ or ‘classical’ style of working with the horse; an art which goes back hundreds of years and encompasses …
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May 31 2020
The Cowboy Dressage Court The Cowboy Dressage Court is our classroom and our playground. We use the Court to educate our horses and build partnership to help our horses and ourselves be the very best we can be. The Cowboy Dressage Court is the same size as the traditional small dressage arena but has the …
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May 27 2020
Part 1 of our RFD-TV “Cowboy Dressage Show” Eitan Beth-Halachmy (Founder of Cowboy Dressage) and Richard Winters visit and demonstrate Cowboy Dressage, along with the CD team!
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May 27 2020
“Introduction to Cowboy Dressage” – Part 2 of 5 parts with Richard Winters and Eitan Beth-Halachmy (Founder of Cowboy Dressage). As seen on RFD-TV.
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May 27 2020
“Introduction to Cowboy Dressage” – Part 3 of 5 parts with Richard Winters and Eitan Beth-Halachmy (Founder of Cowboy Dressage). As seen on RFD-TV.
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May 27 2020
“Introduction to Cowboy Dressage” – Part 4 of 5 parts with Richard Winters and Eitan Beth-Halachmy (Founder of Cowboy Dressage). As seen on RFD-TV.
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May 27 2020
“Introduction to Cowboy Dressage” – Part 5 of 5 parts with Richard Winters and Eitan Beth-Halachmy (Founder of Cowboy Dressage). As seen on RFD-TV.
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May 26 2020
Muscles of Balance The horse evolved for one purpose on the plains of this earth. He evolved to survive. He became fleet of foot with a long neck that was able to get to the often sparse grasses on the plains. The eyes of early equines were large and set wide apart to allow for …
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May 17 2020
“We bend our horses to ride them straight!” “We Ride our horses forward to make them straight!” A horse is straight when his body is properly aligned from poll to tail. When he travels on a straight line, he should be straight along the length of his body. On straight or curved lines, the …
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