Julie Goodnight Academy

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Teach –Ride At Will During A Lesson

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Riding lessons are all about imparting information and developing rider skill, but sometimes students are over-loaded with information. It’s helpful to plan practice time in each lesson-- either at the end of the lesson for about 10 minutes or after each topic or exercise. During this time, your students can ride at will, practicing the things you worked on in their lesson. … [Read more...]

Making Smooth Gait Transitions In Horses

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Clinician Julie Goodnight tells you how to use pre-signals and breathing techniques to improve your horse’s transitions between gaits. Are your horse’s transitions between gaits as smooth as glass? Or do you hold your breath and hope for the best as your horse hops on his forehand to slow down and lurches forward when asked to go? If your response is the latter, then it’s … [Read more...]

Monday Morning Workout Routine

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Good Day! A Sunday off, at home—it doesn’t get any better than that! Sunrise in the hot tub, reading, Meet the Press, workout, breakfast. Oh yeah, and the blog. I have to make an unplanned business trip tomorrow morning to Springfield MO for a TV show taping. It’s for a cool new show on RFD sponsored by PFI Western Store and will be a Western lifestyle/home shopping show. … [Read more...]

This Week On Horse Master

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Hello! I’m enjoying my time at home this week and looking forward to being home this weekend for a change. I’m getting some good riding in too. We brought the cows in last night so I can do more practice work with Dually on cattle. This Sunday we’ll be showing in a reined cowhorse show here in Salida for our county fair. Here in this part of the country the … [Read more...]

Fresh Tracks!

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Hello! It's a typical Friday for me. Here I sit in the Denver airport waiting for my flight to Sacramento. After my morning workout and packing, I hit the road for my weekly three-hour drive to the airport. I'll pick up the rental car at the other end, lugging my three 70# suitcases every where I go (not the best part of my job), then head for my hotel. A bonus of traveling so … [Read more...]