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// August 1st, 2010 // Trainers

I am fascinated with Mark Rashid’s training, especially his emphasis on how important a rider’s breathing is, and I found a wonderful blog about his work and clinics at AYearWithHorses.blogspot.com. The author has followed Mark’s 2009 and 2010 clinics and has written about the pairs of horses and riders who participated in them. I just read through most of her clinic notes and learned tons. There was one point at which Kate, the author, made an important observation that Mark confirmed…essentially that as you ride, ride as if the horse’s feet are your feet, and his body your body. There are a lot of things we do as riders that block the flow of a horse’s motion and balance even when we think we’re helping. There were many comments throughout the clinic notes about this. This is the place to start if you want to read about 2 years’ worth of clinic notes.