My Dream “Spanish Riding School” -
The school will be open to everyone interested in my method by offering tours and an opportunity for an hour’s lesson in horse training. This school will accommodate short programs of horse training and Sharing Territory with horses all the way up to programs of learning that would extend out to a lifetime student program. The school’s purpose is to create excellent horsemen and horsewomen through training horses at Liberty; where the horse has free will to learn, dance or even to stay in the pasture and graze in a family herd environment, if that is what the horse would prefer to do. The focus of the school will be to learn herd behavior as it relates to understanding the individual horse and the society that is natural to horses.

The Environment -
The format of the training program is set up as a group environment for both students and horses. Teams of students will work together training one horse as well as working with several horses at the same time. This style of education offers a togetherness that is natural to horses and nurturing to humans. This way people learn how to … Read more

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My Dream Riding School
My dream is to design and direct a new school after the Spanish Riding School using a new approach. The purpose of my school is to create a dance in freedom and beauty through the care and training of horses. In the beginning the bond is grown through the training of the horse, without the influence of tack or fences. The dance in leadership takes place in the moments of a one minded connection in friendships to the highest art of horsemanship.

I have always loved the history, vision and the excitement that took place between horse and human and between men and men at the Spanish Riding School. I imagine how wonderful the experience was for them. During the beginning development of the school the masters were excited about the connection that could be obtained between horses and men as they laid the foundation for others to follow. How exciting it had to be, to sit on the back of a horse and find the dance that seemed almost impossible to obtain, but there it was, being achieved in this great school of the arts between horses and their riders. It has been my dream, … Read more

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This is a picture of my horse Stoney, who I had since he was two months old. He is performing Levade, one of the Spanish Riding School movements that is trained with tack. I trained Stoney to perform Levade without tack, at liberty in a full-size arena. I was able to do this because of the bond of the friendship I shared with him. By working with Stoney at liberty, I did not make the mistake of teaching him when he did not want to listen. Because he was free to choose, Stoney was able to lead me to a true understanding of horses, horse training, communication and leadership. He taught me to look for the big “yes” that is inherent in all horses.

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