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Barbara Ellin Fox
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This is the time of year that might require that some of our training be done on the sofa. It's a great time to view good videos on riding. Do you have a favorite?
One of my favorites is "Cross Country Clinic" by James Wofford. I love most of what J…
Hi Emily
Great post. It sounds like you want a leader who is willing to step back and become an encourager- sounds like good traits to me. When you become more sure of yourself you'll be ready for pressure.
Thanks for a good post
OK now THAT'S funny. I can live with those kind of jokes at my expense.....
Hi Emily
It's interesting that we are such a diverse group all with the same general goal- good instruction. Some, like Robin, like multiple instructors, and others, like you, prefer one person they can trust for a really long time. It probably has…
Thanks! I guess I was not thinking past American certifications. What a good wake up call for me. The Alberta system sounds very interesting. Are there other certifciation programs in Canada?
I wonder what other certification systems are in our wor…
So, I haven't been riding very long, but because I kept buying one lesson a month and ended up with different instructors its let me know what I want in an instructor. What I want in an instructor is basicly the same thing I want in anyone who's tea…
Really excellent. I think your comments show how much people have different ways of learning and need and seek out different styles of instructor. I also don't like the yadita-yadita type of instruction. Though the totally silent type make me think…
The group for anyone who wants to learn about horses and riding or anyone who teaches about horses and riding. The source for the information that a riding instructor should be able to give to students.
Hi Robyn,
It's interesting to read about instruction and instructors from someone who has gone the clinic route. There's some real advantages to riding with lots of different (good) instructors and like you've pointed out, there are some definite ri…
Experience, awards and certifications are very important to me. I got tangled up with a hack when I first started dressage. It was a gut wrenching, confidence shaking experience no one should have to endure. Now I have a instructor I can trust. Not…
AEF, Alberta Equestrain Federation. Is based for MANY insurences and Albertan events. There is Western Instructors level 1 and 2, then coaching levels, and then after all those levels are passed their is mentor (who teaches the western levels to be…
Hi Barbara, I've been reading through your discussion, which I think is great. Having the right instructor or coach is so important, no matter what level you're at. I have been lucky because I've had the same coach since I started riding as a little…
Over the past 30 years, I have ridden with a lot of instructors, never having had a regular coach, and mostly learning in clinics. One of the worst instructors I've ever had is a level 3 event coach. She teaches nothing like she rides, her students…
I love it! You made my day, made me laugh, and I couldn't agree more! Thanks.
BTW- I'm pretty normal too...for a horse person!
You make an excellent point. Showing is one of the proofs and so is getting on a horse an demonstrating to students. And sometimes seeing is more educational than hearing. Can you tell us more about the AEF? I'm not familiar with it and those initia…
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- About Me:
- I have been a riding instructor for 45 years. I was certified in 1968. My love is for the beginner and intermediate because teaching a really good foundation is my passion. Students have been champion riders in Hunt Seat, Stock Seat and eventing and several have become excellent instructors in dressage, eventing, H/J, and Pony Club. I've taught Pony Club riders for 35 years and have held lots of Pony Club positions; such as Regional Supervisor, Reg. Instruction Coordinator, DC, organizer, examiner etc.
I'm very interested in teaching people about teaching riding and have a blog called "The Riding Instructor".
My web site is about the history of riding in America. Right now it focuses mostly on the English riding venues but as time goes on I want to include history about all the types of riding in the US. I have a second blog called "US Horsemanship" that deals with current issues. The blogs are linked from my web site which is listed on this page. I'd love to have other horse lovers take a look and make comments.
I love to write and am currently working on an equestrian curriculum.
I especially love Thoroughbreds and Arabians. The older I get the better I like a smaller horse but my current riding partner is a 16.3 hand TB named Bert. Bert and I lean to the older side of the age thing so we're really happy to have one another.
I love my Shelties. I've had Shetland Sheep Dogs since I was a child and think they are the smartest and easiest to train breed. Samba and Diamond are full sisters and they are two years old.
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- 10 horses: 3 Arabians, 3 Thoroughbreds, 1 appendix Quarterhorse, 1 warmblood cross, 2 ponies, 5 dogs: 2 Shetland Sheepdogs, 3 rescues 2 cats (both caught as feral kittens) and a family of horny toads in the yard
- Topics of Interest
- Dressage, Eventing, Jumper, Hunter, Pony Club, General RidingAdvice, Horse Care, Training, Stable Management
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- At 6:08am on December 17, 2009,
Lorel Dennis said…
- The part of Australia that I am in is quite green and normally has good rainfall although we've been suffering through a long "green drought". We get enough rain to keep everything going and get spring grass but our permanent creek now only runs for half the year and our dam which should be 28 feet deep is now a puddle you could walk through. Our elevation is 571metres or 1,873 feet. I checked on the internet the other day and your elevation is almost as high or higher than the highest peak in Aust, (Mt Kosciuszko, at 7,310 feet) so any wonder its so cold where you are. I'm lucky that for around 1/4 of the year my horses have so much grass that I don't need to feed hay. Some of my horses at the moment are up to their chests in grass, happily picking the tops off without having to put their head down to graze.
Riding is great. I have an arena but also have the opportunity to school out in the paddocks and send my horse forwards so he doesn't get too stale. We also have some fantastic roads and tracks to ride on from here so I am definately spoilt.
Bet you would be looking forward to moving into the farming land. Do you still ride much or do you mainly teach?Delete Comment
- At 2:51pm on December 15, 2009,
Brenda Cope said… - The horse in the picture is a buckskin. She's the offspring of a PMU mare (1/2 Percheron, 1/2 palomino quarter horse who was bred to a paint).
- At 2:44pm on December 15, 2009,
Els de Jong said… - The horse is a Connemara pony stallion, named Carraig Thunder.
Be bought him two years ago in Ireland and he's performing very well now in Holland.
grtz
Els
- At 2:26pm on December 15, 2009,
Ashley Elson said… - Thanks for the welcome!
His name is Benjamin. He's a 17hh 19ish y/o Percheron and he's a big baby. He's a very good boy and loves to please. He's my boy and I love him :)
- At 6:12pm on December 14, 2009,
Angel Martin-Dias said… - Thanks for the welcome!
Angel
- At 12:31am on December 11, 2009,
Lorel Dennis said…
- Hi Barbara,
I'm very fortunate where I live. I'm on 200 acres and surrounded by farms of similar if not larger size, in an undulating area in between two lots of ranges so I'm only a couple of kilometres away from bush in any direction and have some beautiful views from my house. It was originally a volcanic area so its quite fertile and in a normal year has good rainfall.
Our seasons are really changing here. Our winters have become drier and milder, normal would be around 8 - 12 celcius and this November was our hottest on record. We had two weeks of around 35 degree days which was great for cutting hay but started really drying everything out. Then in December it has really cooled down, we've had some good rain and its been fairly mild. Its been around twenty degrees the last couple of days and will get a bit warmer next week. Everyone here is dreading January to March due to our fire seasons becoming so bad. We arent very far from where some of the Black Saturday fires were. We had a quite a few days last summer that were in the mid forties.
I had always assumed that Arizona was a hot place so found it interesting that you get blizzards. How cold does it get there and do you get snowed in?
- At 12:24pm on December 9, 2009,
Barbara Ellin Fox said…
- My old guy is Russian?Polish from Canada. He's 16 hands. He was a real power house and very unusual for an Arab. He was Canadian National Champion about 17 years ago..... Gee time flies!
Do you cross any of your Arabs and Andalusians?
We just went through a blizzard....have you gotten it in Indiana?
- At 12:18pm on December 9, 2009,
Ellin McGinley Daum said…
- Yes, it is a very unusual spelling, but I have met or seen several others. My other stallion is an Egyptian Arabian who does very good dressage although he is barely 14.2. He sires very nice cross and purebred foals many of whom we have in training for dressage and hunters. They are registered as Half-Arabian. Jo's full name is Alla Babba Jo, he is by Sonny's Black and out of Salilah Nazir. He has produced black, chestnut and bay foals all of which are taller than he is by a mile, most very close to 16 hands! He is a joy to have around.
- At 10:59am on December 9, 2009,
- Hi Barbara,
How interesting that we have so much in common besides the spelling of our name, Ellin. My name is my grandmother's first name. She was Ellin Laura Quinn before she married my grandfather: John Bresland McGurl.
I share your love of teaching and have been at it 25 years. Dressage, the riding in lightness kind, has been my specialty for 20 years.
Glad to make your acquaintance!
- At 6:19am on December 9, 2009,
Lorel Dennis said…
- Hi, thanks for the invite. Sounds like you have an interesting and rewarding life. Are the photos shown on your page taken where you live and is that you jumping? I currently have a 1/4 clydesdale x 3/4 thoroughbred trained to Medium level dressage. We are currently working towards canter pirouettes and flying changes so its all very exciting and I also have a 3yo warmblood about to be broken in.
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From the wisdom of Centuries to modern day’s theories, flexing the horse’s upper line, or vertebral column, is achieved by shortening the horse’s lower line, involving abdominal muscles, pectoral muscles, and flexion of the neck.
In 1946, E. J. Sli…
From the wisdom of Centuries to modern day’s theories, flexing the horse’s upper line, or vertebral column, is achieved by shortening the horse’s lower line, involving abdominal muscles, pectoral muscles, and flexion of the neck.
In 1946, E. J. Sli…
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