For some reason, we tend to believe that in order to improve, we need to be criticizing ourselves constantly. In my opinion, however, this does not work at all. It’s not helpful for two reasons. One, because you don’t get...
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Richard Spooner hasn’t campaigned three incredibly talented senior show jumpers by pure luck, even though the humble horseman might tell you otherwise. Spooner, based in Agua Dulce, Calif., campaigned Robinson, a winner of 40 Grand Prix classes and the first...
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Earlier this Spring, 21-year-old Spencer Smith laid down the only clear round in the $132,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix CSI3*. This was his first international grand prix, his first FEI ranking class, and the biggest paycheck of his life, totaling...
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I started riding in Southlands, in Vancouver, B.C. in 1978 at Mimi Rollins’ barn. I’m still at the Southlands Riding Club today, and that's where I had my very first pony that my mom leased me. I was about six...
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Unfortunately, we don’t always wake up or get to a show feeling ready, excited, and unbeatable. In other words, we are not constantly in the right mindset for competition—ready to rock and roll. Instead of depending on circumstances, however, make...
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