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Dawn Day

This was our first ride this spring. Dawn had an audience of my neighbor’s horses across the street, and she was wanting to go faster and faster! At first you can see her bucking, trying to anticipate the canter … and on the second pass she settles in, and we do some neat lateral work [...]

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In these three videos we try to work at a faster, less “hanging on to me” pace — I am asking Dawn to stretch her range into the larger part of the ring, while trying to keep her focussed on cues that will bring her back to me.

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The following is a series of videos of the very first dance lessons with my young Morgan filly, Dawn. I hope it will illustrate not only some of the technical aspects of teaching a horse to respond to you body language, and to work away from you,  offline, and still be connected and focussed on [...]

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I love morgan horses. Not especially the new-fangled high steppin types, with small bodies and frantic minds, but the older confederate breeds, of solid bone and tremendous sense of balance, purpose, and pride. They are proud and willful beings with great athletic talent. Justin Morgan had a horse that stood out statistically. Until then, horses [...]

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Dawn’s First Light

Here is a special tribute to a special friend – Mosswood Dawn. She is a treasure to me beyond words, so I wrote a music piece that goes deep into the heart of relationship… and added some video on a summer’s day. I dedicate this piece to Jennifer Sims and all the horses at Mosswood [...]

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The Colors of Dawn

Here is an energy color field I did today of Dawn. It shows her energy in orientation to a person. And here it is digitally edited to get the right “feel”

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Running in the Snow

The first week of March and spring is just around the corner — but 14 inches of snow awaited us in the morning. The horses love to run in the fresh snow, fueled in particular by the morgan Dawn, who bucks and rears and chases them around, and who, in the end, takes all the [...]

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