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Equitation time

Thursday, October 03 2013 by Editor

Most riders that make the computer list for the Grand prix division, also did equitation. The fall is made for the “big equitation finals

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Tagged under: between the ears, girls, higher education, how-much, november-2012, pony tales, show world, tails & trails

The differences between Boys and Girls in the saddle

Thursday, August 08 2013 by Editor

A little over a year ago I wrote a blog about my son and his initial show experiences. Since that time, he has graduated from a pony, to a horse, and most recently from a horse, to a more advanced HORSE

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Tagged under: beyond the track, business, daughter, educationhorse, florida, girls, horse country chic, the classic insider, video-games

How much?

Monday, May 20 2013 by Editor

What makes one horse worth more than another? I think a number of things can factor into the answer to that question. First, we have simplicity — how easy the horse is to ride

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Tagged under: archives, beautiful, beyond the track, chasin', education, how-much, in-the-irons, jobs, show world, tails & trails, teaching-adults, the classic insider

Teaching Adults vs. Juniors riders

Thursday, May 02 2013 by Editor

There are various differences between teaching adults to ride and teaching juniors. 1. Juniors bounce when they fall, adults tend to break.

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Tagged under: alan-korotkin, archives, at-long-last, between the ears, chasin', december-2012, november-2012, pony tales, september-2012, teaching-adults, the classic insider

Completing the Marathon (that is WEF)

Monday, April 08 2013 by Editor

My blog has been quiet for several months as Castlewood Farm, Inc. competed at the 2013 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington

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Tagged under: alan-korotkin, at-long-last, beach, education, florida, forever-young, horse country chic, olympic sidelines, tails & trails, tucker the wunderkind, usef

Searching for contenders.

Sunday, December 30 2012 by Editor

Like a baseball team, I try to build contenders. I try to build contenders from the hands (riders and horses) I am dealt. The kids and adults come to me with goals and aspirations, and I attempt to coach them into successful horsemen and hopefully winners

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Tagged under: adventures with angelea, alan-korotkin, archives, at-long-last, beyond the track, higher education, horses, in-the-irons, injecting perspective, professional, tails & trails, the offside

At long last

Friday, November 09 2012 by Editor

It was 1982, and I was 17 years old. I was one of the kids that could win the finals — one of the riders people threw out as a possible winner of the biggest equitation class on earth and quite possibly the single biggest class a junior rider could win

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The treadmill.

Wednesday, September 26 2012 by Editor

18-year-old Rocketman readies for exercise on the treadmill. I’ve had some interesting dinner conversations with my fellow professionals about extra exercise for our horses, more specifically whether to use a treadmill or a walker. The general consensus has come back in favor of the treadmill

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Tagged under: chasin', florida, friends, higher education, in the irons, injecting perspective, olympic sidelines, sidelines, treadmill

Forever Young

Wednesday, September 19 2012 by Editor

As the new indoor season creeps up on us again, I can’t help but think about how many Medal and Maclay finals I have attended. It has been a great many, and I have gone through the process first as a rider, then as a spectator, and finally as a trainer.

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Rain Days

Wednesday, September 05 2012 by Editor

Each year, as the summer winds down and the new school year approaches, we find ourselves moving back towards our hometown. This year, however, when we arrived back in Wellington we were accompanied by an unwanted guest, and he came in the form of a tropical storm, named Issac.