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TSB Author Heather Smith Thomas Talks about Her New Book, Her Favorite Things about Ranch Life, and Loving What She Does So Much She’s Never Taken a Vacation
TSB author Heather Smith Thomas and one of her ranch horses: a mare named “Ed.” Heather says that even now in her twenties, Ed is one of her best cow...
TSB Author Arthur Kottas Tells Us How to Get Our Horses “In Front of the Leg” and Announces June Clinic Dates
Arthur with his daughter Caroline. When your horse is slow or reluctant to respond promptly to your leg aid, he’s not “in front of the leg.” We all know how...
Jim Masterson Gives Us the Lowdown on the Best Bodywork for Different Riding Disciplines
Jim Masterson is creator of the Masterson Method, an innovative form of bodywork that relaxes the horse and relieves his body of deep stress and pain through the gentle and...
A Simple Transition Exercise for Better Western Dressage
TSB author Lynn Palm in a collected jog with an uphill balance. The Western Dressage Association® of America (WDAA) lists collection as the sixth step in its Guidelines for Training Progression:...
“The Tragic Tale of the Railway Worker and the Refrigerator Car,” and How It Can Actually Improve How You Work with Your Horse
Click image to find out about the books and DVDs from Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling. In TSB author Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling’s seminal book DANCING WITH HORSES (recently re-released in paperback), he tells...
Doug Payne Talks About His New Book, Having an Obsessive Personality, and Reading OUTLIERS on a Desert Island
Doug Payne’s book THE RIDING HORSE REPAIR MANUAL was just released! We managed to snag a few minutes with TSB author Doug Payne between his fabulous dressage performance aboard Crown...
Be Like Black Beauty: Never Forget Your Mother’s Advice
We never forget our mothers’ advice… Thank you to all the mothers out there who read us horse stories, held ponies in the dust, heat, chill, and rain, and...
Daniel Stewart’s Top 4 Tips for Creating “Vivid Visualizations” That Improve Your Riding Performance
In his fun-and-idea-filled book PRESSURE PROOF YOUR RIDING, Daniel Stewart discusses dozens of specific tools and tricks that can be used to manage the stress, nerves, distraction, anxiety, and panic that...
Kerry Thomas and Calvin Carter, Coauthors of HORSE PROFILING, Provide Their Picks for the the 2014 Kentucky Derby
This weekend: “The First Saturday in May.” On Saturday, May 3, 2014—“The First Saturday in May”—a field of three-year-old Thoroughbreds will thunder through a mile-and-a-quarter at Churchill Downs in...
Defeating “Spray Bottle Monsters”: Easy Steps to Teaching Your Horse There’s No Reason to Fear a Little Spritz
Find easy-to-use solutions to common horse problems in GOOD HORSE, BAD HABITS by Heather Smith Thomas. As I walked to the barn this weekend I heard an unmistakeable low...
TSB Author Doug Payne’s Streak of Excitement: A Wedding, a New Book, Rolex Kentucky, and Saumur CCI3*!
Doug kicked off the spring season by marrying Jessica Hampf. Photo by Kristyn DeCaro Mangano TSB author and top event rider Doug Payne has had an intense and exciting start...
Studies Show That How We Touch the Horse Matters in Training
“How the horse responds during training can be influenced not only by its affective state (mood) and arousal (alertness) level, but also by how attached it feels to the...