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Driving Clinic Photo Critique #4 – By Suzy Stafford

2024-10-15T21:45:54-04:00April 13, 2020|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back||

Overall: This first impression exudes confidence. Horse looks active and the driver capable. Lower Body: As you can see the hip to knee angle level. I would like to see the hip above the knee for better center of balance for the driver. A wedge seat cushion could benefit this [...]

Driving Clinic Photo Critique #3 – By Suzy Stafford

2024-10-15T21:45:54-04:00April 13, 2020|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back||

Driver #3 Overall: A cute and well put together team with a workman like expression. Lower Body: It is hard to see the entire lower half of this driver in this photo. Her hip to knee angle is a bit closed. This tends to pull your center of balance upward [...]

Driving Clinic Critique Driver #2 – By Suzy Stafford

2024-10-15T21:45:55-04:00April 13, 2020|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back||

Driver #2 Overall: A pleasant and focused looking team. Both horse and driver’ determination and purpose is evident. A well balanced, prepared duo. Lower Body: The drivers’ hip to knee angle is slightly closed. I would like to see her knees with a tad more straightness for balance and stability. [...]

Driving Clinic Critique Driver #1 – By Suzy Stafford

2024-10-15T21:45:55-04:00April 13, 2020|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back||

Driving Clinic Critique Driver #1 A take on the Practical Horseman Segment. You send a photo and I Suzy Stafford will evaluate what she sees. This is a fun way to enjoy other drivers’ photos and hone your eye. As we all know a photo is a split second of [...]

Rowan Willis & Blue Movie – A Sure Thing In Uncertain Times.

2024-10-15T21:45:55-04:00April 13, 2020|Looking Back, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness|

The coronavirus-induced implosion of the entire 2020 international show jumping calendar, including the Tokyo Olympics, has Australian star Rowan Willis on the unfamiliar turf of not knowing exactly what's ahead. As his country's top-ranked show jumper, it's a huge disappointment. Photo ©Shelley Higgi for MacMillan Photography An upside to it [...]

Equine Asthma: New Term for Old Problem

2024-10-15T21:45:56-04:00April 13, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Endurance, Eventing, Looking Back, Racing, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness, Western HorsesDaily|

For nearly as long as horses have been domesticated, the relationship between barn confinement and respiratory disease in the horse has been recognized. This relationship is intuitive, especially when we consider that deep in the lung, where the blood takes up oxygen, the barrier between the outside air and the [...]

COVID-19: Should I Lock Down My Barn?

2024-10-15T21:45:58-04:00April 2, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News, Polo, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness, Western HorsesDaily|

At Equine Legal Solutions, is responding to many questions from barn owners asking if they should close their barns to boarders and visitors. Some want to close their barns to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but are worried that if they do, they will lose business, they will have to [...]

Step Up to The Plate – An Interview With Christophe Ameeuw The Reinventor of Showjumping Competitions

2024-10-15T21:43:02-04:00March 30, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily||

“This global crisis confronts us with our fragility, teaches us humility... and will soon be asking us to step up to the plate.” Christophe Ameeuw © Jean-Louis Carli / Alea pour EEM With a passion for equestrian sports, Christophe Ameeuw–President and Founder of EEM World – created the Ecuries d'Ecaussinnes in [...]

CHIO Aachen 2020 Postponed

2024-10-15T21:43:02-04:00March 30, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Eventing, Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily||

CHIO Aachen was scheduled for 2020 at an earlier date than normal to fall within the selections and preparations for the Olympics 2020. Now with the Tokyo Olympics 2020 postponed into 2021, and the global health crises over the Corona Virus Pandemic, organizers have announced the decision to postpone the [...]

USEF CEO Bill Moroney Answers Questions On The Status Of Horse Sports in the US

2024-10-15T21:43:02-04:00March 25, 2020|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Endurance, Eventing, Looking Back, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness, Western HorsesDaily||

Tuesday, March 24 at 5pm, Horses in the Morning Radio Show will be hosting The Coronavirus FB Live: CEO, Bill Moroney, and HR Director, Kelly Bolton of US Equestrian (USEF) join Glen Hebert to chat about the status of horse sports in the US, what the federation can do at [...]

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