Recreation Archives

Mentioning Unmentionables

By: Anna Blake – I’m going to be blunt about sports bras- not trying to offend anyone, (or exclude either [...]

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Dressage: It Rhymes with Massage

By: Anna Blake – Horses have been a key part of our culture ever since they civilized us centuries ago- [...]

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Blurring the Line Between Predator and Prey

By: Anna Blake – One of the first things to know about horses is that they are prey animals. Simply [...]

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Vigilance and Success

By Anna Jane White-Mullin   – As many of you know, I’ve recently been caring for an elderly friend, who [...]

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Walking is Good for the Horse

By: Jackie Cochran – A few weeks ago I was in a used bookstore trying to find a horse book [...]

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Contact — Supple Fingers

By: Jackie Cochran   – As Mia trains my hands to her satisfaction I keep finding myself going back to [...]

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Absurd Helmet Excuses

By: Anna Blake   – This week there was a photo of Queen Elizabeth riding at age 85. Bless her [...]

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My Horse is Too Sensitive – Part II

By: Anna Blake Part two of two in the series.   – “You know what your problem is? You’re too [...]

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My Horse is Too Sensitive – Part I

By: Anna Blake Part one of two in the series.   – “My horse is really sensitive. He isn’t a [...]

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Spotless: My introduction to Dressage

By: Anna Blake   – It was the late 1980’s, and a bunch of us from the barn went to [...]

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