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I think that as he matures he will calm down. I have high hopes that I WILL be able to ride him, once he gets back into training and has a year or so of intense training.

Fantastic podcast Julie! I DO have the wrong horse for me, a ten-year-old, 17.3 hands gorgeous off-track Thoroughbred. He is a LOT of horse but he has decent ground manners, he just gets extra excited when asked to work. I can afford to keep him though, so I will. #foreverhome Yes, I am a member and will continue to be. Thank you, Julie and…[Read more]

This is fantastic. I am hoping that by trying these things it will help me get back on my horse. I have been too afraid to ride…

Wonderful article Julie. Thank you for sharing your brilliance with us. Even though I have a fear of riding, I feel very happy being in the presence of horses and I think they can sense that. For some reason, horses tend to really like me, I think they know that I really like them.

This is perfect. I was lunging my 23 year old OTTB the other day and he was kicking out a lot and it scared me. I was not quite sure what to make of it. Thank you for posting this.

Excellent article Julie. I am an interactive and library member.