Hi! You are now my most important witness. Thank you for reading! Let’s start… There were years when making resolutions at some specific time didn’t appeal to me. I was making them all the time, making plans, ticking boxes. Dreaming. Doing. Failing. Getting Up. Driving on. The Tabula Rasa concept was not a day in…
We will probably all agree that there is no good jumping without good quality canter i.e. one from which the jump is relatively easy for the horse to perform. The required tempo of the canter will wary and depend on the height of the jumps and individual power of the horse but for all average…
Originally posted on The Katie Chronicles:
When people start shopping for a horse (or a house), they are looking for perfection. The horse must be between 5 and 15 years old, at least 15.2 hands tall, tie, clip, load, bathe, pass a vet exam and be safe on trails, good in the arena, not buddy…
This post somewhat follows the one I wrote last month (click). Here I wanted to reflect on something which I often hear from riders and which goes a little bit like this: “If I don’t give him three or four whacks to start with he just drags along for entire lesson. I hate doing this but…
If like me, you love reading and dislike wasting time, you might like to embrace the incredibly varied and interesting world of podcasts 🙂 They are perfect to listen to during all sorts of chores we need to do everyday when reading is out of the question and they let you learn something new even…
I would like to send big thank you to the social blogging website Hay-Net for featuring one of our recent blog posts in their “Blog Posts Not to Be Missed” section. It is extra special to me because they chose to feature the post which talks about subjects that are at the core of existence…
Pretty great idea for re-using your show rosettes (or ribbons as they are also known) instead of hanging them all over the walls or hiding them in the drawers 🙂 Click on the image above to go to the Etsy shop by TheRepurposedRider who makes these 🙂
We are now 8 months old here at Aspire NewsBook and we hope to grow and bring more useful, inspiring, motivational, horse-friendly posts to you next year! Thank you for reading 🙂 Wiola
Very few rider’s errors are more damaging to the horse than a busy, insensitive hand and therefore the development of good feel of how much connection is too much and how little is of no help, is something many riders work on for years. Although I dislike horse training gadgets, the rider training gadgets always…
When I am in the UK I follow the habit of gifts on Christmas Day but in Poland it’s Christmas Eve that’s the most important of festive days. For this reason I think it’s only fair that today’s video is about the joy of gift giving 🙂 Bringing happiness to people must be one of…
