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Ingrid Klimke Shares 8 Reasons Why Cavalletti Are Indispensable Tools for Training Your Horse
“Cavalletti work is invaluable for all riders and every horse, no matter what stage they are at,” say Ingrid and Reiner Klimke in their influential book CAVALLETTI. We’ve all...
“Looking for the Possibility”–An Easy Transition Exercise for Riders
Upward transitions are all about thrust and reach. They reinforce the “Go.” Downward transitions are all about engagement. They reinforce the “Whoa.” “The purpose of transitions,” says Beth Baumert...
Who’d Have Thunk Math Had Anything to Do with Roping?
Reata Brannaman gives TSB Managing Director Martha Cook some rope-handling pointers. A few years ago, TSB Managing Director Martha Cook and I each swung a rope for the first...
Sun, Fun, and Horsemanship–Get Your Tickets Now for the Three Amigos Training Symposium
Only a few miles from the beach in Florida is not a bad place to be in January. Throw in a unique opportunity to learn from and spend time...
24 Hours in the Life of Renowned Saddle-Fit Advocate Jochen Schleese
The way of it is, as most of you have noticed I’m sure, come September, the days are getting shorter. But that’s just a matter of sunlit hours. The hard-working riders, trainers,...
3 Messages to Take with You to the Barn This Week
Photo by Gabriele Boiselle from Building a Life Together–You and Your Horse by Frederic Pignon and Magali Delgado The sun changes this time of year…the light feels softer, pensive, less...
Have You Seen This Video of George Morris Meeting Queen Elizabeth in 1960?
In 1960, a rising equestrian star named George Morris won the Horse and Hound Cup at the White City Stadium in London and received the cup from Queen Elizabeth. Check...
Don’t Miss Jonathan Field, George Morris, Craig Johnson, and Bruce Logan TOGETHER at a One-of-a-Kind Event!
THIS WEEKEND, September 20 and 21, 2014, horse lovers from all over will be lucky enough to participate in a one-of-a-kind event at the Agrium Western Event Centre at Stampede Park...
Thoughts on Horses, the Miraculous, and the Divine
Linda Tellington-Jones with Dablino at the 2011 Xenophon Symposium. From DRESSAGE WITH MIND, BODY & SOUL by Linda Tellington-Jones with Rebecca M. Didier Miracles surround us, on a large and small...
Finding Peace in the Saddle on 9/11
Today, we are remembering those we lost. From RIDING BARRANCA by Laura Chester Round Pond Perhaps because of the solemnity of the day, September eleventh, the air seems particularly...
TSB’s Top 10 Tips for Better Reining Patterns
Working toward being a show-stopper in the show pen? Ready for the cheers, whistles, and hollers to take over as soon as you and your reining horse step through the...
A Thank You Gift to All Trafalgar Square Books Blog Readers!
As we cross into the land of “hundreds of thousands” of faithful blog readers, TSB just wants to say thank you! We hope your visits to the TSB blog...