By Yvonne Barteau One: Be prepared! The warm up arena on the day of your ride is no place to find out that neither you nor your horse is adequately prepared for the task at hand. Being prepared means knowing how to helpfully ride and show off all of the movements in your test as
Read MoreBy Yvonne Barteau This is the second installment of a series by Yvonne of her early horses. Read the first installment here. After Little Chief, whom I got to ride about twenty times before he was moved by his owner, I had nothing but imaginary horses to ride. I got creative. Eventually forty eight imaginary horses lived
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Read MoreBy Cathy Morelli My first inclination is to address terminology that is often used in the dressage world in an attempt to instruct the student in the art of riding. Since we communicate in words and certain words may not have a universal meaning that everyone understands, I would like to explain in more depth
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Read MoreHi I’m Kassie. I will introduce myself with the most need to know basics, as accurately as I can self portray. 1. I am my mom’s biggest fan 2. I love to be in love 3. I am a optimist and a procrastinator 4. I am sappy and semi-cheesy 5. I am a heart before
Read MoreBy Andrea J. De Leo, DO, MSE The Past- I am a Neurologist , a physician who specializes in the Brain, Spinal cord, and Peripheral nervous system… and the subsequent diseases that effect our bodies. I come to dressage as an Adult Amateur, as it connects me with my heritage. My grandfather was “Horse Master”
Read MoreBy Kayla Barteau As the youngest daughter of parents who train horses to a very high standard for a living, the choice of whether to become involved in our family business to any degree has been both a challenge and a struggle. This is especially true because my parents happen to be Kim and Yvonne Barteau
Read MoreBy Yvonne Barteau This is the first installment of a multipart series. The second installment can be read here. What can I say about a lifetime with horses? Everything, anything and nothing might suit someone. At the beginning, it seemed I waited forever just for a chance to find, see, and ride, a real horse.
Read MoreStraightening and suppling exercises are individual to each horse in training depending on their own stiffness and crookedness. The tips that follow, contributed by both Kassie and Yvonne Barteau, focus on getting the horse in the frame of mind to accept the work which will keep them elastic in the rein and attentive to the
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