Tenor Receipt Day

August 18, 2022Posted inDelta, Fancy, Horsemanship, Jennifer Vaught, Sonny, Tenor
Today, Tenor came from Florida and returned to me. Long, long ago, I gave young Tenor to Kevin from Florida when his horse, Delta, became allergic to Florida. Tenor was old enough to "start." I bought Tenor as a weanling and took him to Jenny and Tony "Parelli" colt starts and young horse clinics as he developed. Tenor is a left-brain horse, exceedingly friendly, always begging for attention. Kevin revisited Missouri with his horse trailer. He successfully rode Tenor and soon took him back to Florida. It was a happy…

What is Good Horsemanship

January 19, 2021Posted inHorsemanship
Dressage FEI researchers undertook an in-depth literature review together with semi-structured interviews with 105 people (51 men and 54 women) from six continents, 30 countries, across eight disciplines and 21 stakeholder groups. They concluded that horsemanship could be defined as a sum of these 14 attributes: comprehensive knowledge, practical experience, growth mindset, respect for the horse, ethological empathy, effective application of the learning theory, awareness of and attentive to body language, commitment to the priority of equine welfare, emotional intelligence, humility and integrity, adaptability, patience, selection and treatment of support…