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October 23, 2010 from 12 Noon - 3:00 pm Booksigning with Lynn Reardon, author of


“Beyond the Homestretch”


Lynn Reardon is the founder and executive director of LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers (LOPE Texas), a nonprofit racehorse placement agency near Austin, Texas. Give twice...buy “Beyond the Homestretch” as a gift and a significant portion of the book’s royalties go to support LOPE.


I couldn’t put the book down! I highly recommend “Beyond the Homestretch” for horsemen, horse lovers and even the non-horse person. Lynn’s writing is humorous, entertaining and inspirational...just as she is in person! - Marilyn Hazen, The Horse Gazette


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training the power of correct transitions Training without force


you ride and even if you simply enjoy your horse on the trail, improving your horse’s balance through correct transitions will make him a far more enjoyable ride and, if you are in competi- tion, a much stronger competi- tor.


between two gaits - for example from walk to trot - or within the gait - collected trot to extended trot. Correctly performed all transitions should be ’crisp’, ’clean’, and balanced and the forward impulsion should be maintained throughout so that the flow of energy is not inter- rupted. Transitions should not be sudden or jerky and the horse should hold his head steady and on no account throw it up, either in the upward or downward transition.


start with transitions from walk to halt and halt to walk. As you practice be aware of the rhythm of the walk. Keep the same rhythm after the halt that you had before it - horses will sometimes escape the effect of the transition by changing


a horse of course In training the horse Transitions can be


By Mary Rose, FBHS © 2010 Whatever discipline


rhythm and also by loosing their straightness. Transitions are one of the basic ways of creating longitudinal suppleness (a supple, swinging back) and engagement of the hindquarters since the horse must shift some of his weight to the rear as he performs the transitions and thus improves his balance. At first make your


transitions gradual - allowing the horse a few steps of reduced impulsion in the trot before coming to the walk but always maintaining the forward flow of energy. As you practice and your horse improves in balance and suppleness, he will be able to transition with fewer inter- vening strides, and eventually without loss of impulsion and with no intervening strides. On c e y o u h a v e


achieved really good halts and departs from the walk, practice halting from the trot and moving forward into the same rhythm trot after three or four seconds. The horse should come into a halt with his back soft, his hind quarters slightly lowered, in such a way that the rider feels the roundness and softness un-


training bad training advice online


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derful thing, providing great in- formation in a matter of clicks. The Internet also


By Don Blazer © 2010 The Internet is a won-


spews out more bunk, bull and incorrect information faster than you can ask, “Who are these idi- ots rushing to provide so much bad advice and nonsense?” Don’t get me wrong…


I love the Internet and the fact that it is open to everyone; I wouldn’t have it any other way. I just think it needs a warning label: Reader Beware!” When it comes to


a horse is willing to offer their opinion on how to train them. While most can’t give you the footfall sequence of a horse at the walk, they still consider themselves an “expert”. When I want advice


from an expert, I want two things. I want an expert who has been there and done that. Now some will say


that winning isn’t that impor- tant.


horse training, the vast major- ity of information found on the Internet is wrong, dangerous and certainly not beneficial to horses. And the websites carrying such bunk call their contributors “experts.” Cer- tainly both the websites and the contributors are delusional about the accuracy and value of their knowledge. Of course, the same


thing,” and the most important aspect when you are measuring expertise.


show your horse. You may think that showing is just a lot of fancy horses, fancy saddles, fancy clothes and a ton of expense. It is that, but it’s also a lot more. Don’t show i f i t


You may not want to Winning is “every-


that win are usually generalists in horse training, but experts in specifics.


Show horse trainers


there is so much to learn that you can’t learn it all, so it’s best to learn as much as possible about a small subject. Reiners train rein-


They’ve learned that


der his seat. The transition from


trot to walk is one of the ways we teach the horse about half- halts. The half-halt is a re-bal- ancing of your horse - a check - a shift of some of his weight from the forehand to the hind- quarters so that he is better able to respond to your aids quickly and without strain. Practice the half-halt on curved lines, either making a complete circle, or making a serpentine down the full length of your arena. There are whole books written about half-halts but keep things simple at first and just think of giving a very slight check to your horse, saying through your aids, ‘now listen, pay attention and balance yourself, we are going to do something different’. The actual aid might be as little as the rider just sitting a little taller, lifting the upper chest and perhaps closing the fingers on the outside rein for a moment. As always, less aid is better.


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is true for the “hot button” is- sues, such as horse slaughter, EIA regulations and wild horse preservation. Few accurate facts are ever given; plenty of emo- tional misinformation and myth can be found on most websites appealing to that special group of “kiss them on the nose” horse lovers.


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It seems that anyone Search for almost


doesn’t appeal to you. But don’t discount how much knowledge, experience and expertise it takes to “win” in the show pen. You want to know


how to train a horse: seek a winner for advice. Winning on any show


circuit (and there is a circuit for everything and anything you want to do with horses) means the person knows how the horse is supposed to move in any and every gait. The show horse trainer/rider knows specific ma- neuvers and foot-fall sequences, how to gain collection, how to change equine behavior, how to communicate and how to do the most to enhance the horse’s natural ability; all of great ben- efit to any horse.


ers, jumpers train jumpers, trail horse riders train trail horses, race horse trainers train race horses (usually choosing sprinters or distance horses) barrel racers train barrel horses. Learning all they can about a single subject is what makes them experts at that event. Ask them general questions about horse training and they can give you general answers. Ask them to get down to the nitty gritty and they can really explain what to do and how to do it. Before you take ad-


vice from an Internet expert or super-star clinician (very few have ever trained a winner), ask the hard question which exposes the truth: what have you won that makes you an expert? If he or she hasn’t


won it, he or she may still be a really nice person with good intentions…..the horse world is filled with nice people, but that doesn’t make them experts. And if you don’t


think you need answers from a winner, at least go to a winner for the sake of your horse; your horse deserves advice from an expert.


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