Jun 21 2020
Why Lunging? With the rise in popularity of natural horsemanship methods where the horse is usually worked loose in a round pen, the tradition of lunging a horse as the basis for its training and preparation for ridden work has perhaps lost popularity in recent years. However, lunging a horse properly has certain attributes which …
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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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Jun 08 2020
Center of Gravity The most exciting biomechanical idea current in the latter half of the 19th century was the discovery of the “center of gravity” (CG). An invisible, infinitely small point, the CG is nevertheless real: it is the point at which a body fundamentally responds to a gravitational field. The CG is the point …
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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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