Sometimes the most basic things can give you the biggest advantage in a competition. I have experienced this first hand when I watched one of Fallon Taylor's old YouTube videos where she offered a few basic ideas to help you clock faster. They seemed so simple that I didn't think it would work. Until I …
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Competition is something humans have thrived on for thousands of years. Kids are the best at finding ways to turn everything into a competition. "How fast can you run to the barn and back?", "I bet I can catch more frogs than you!", "Race ya to the swing set!". I can remember as a kid …
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Horse shopping can be shopping can be a really fun and exciting time, or it can be terribly stressful and discouraging. A lot of that depends on your game plan and preparation for buying a horse. I have come up with a few key things that you need to have figured out before you start …
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I have never really considered myself a "barrel horse trainer". In fact when people would ask what kind of training I do I would respond with, "Mostly colt starting.". Partly because I haven't had a chance to prove myself as a barrel horse trainer, and partly because I would rather be labeled as a horsewoman …
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Training horses is 80% work ethic, 20% perseverance and 10% talent. If you added all that up you'll notice that it takes 110%. If you have skill and talent but no work ethic, pick another profession because you will be treading water while the trainer next to you out works you. Training horses is not …
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In the Performance horse world, there is a lot of talk about horses with heart or try. It seems like some horses have that magical spark to them that makes them want to give it their all in the show pen or on the barrel pattern. There are many ways that a rider can either …
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Confidence, by definition, is the state of feeling certain about the truth of something. There is always a lot of talk about self confidence, and confidence in our horses or in our training. But I have to admit, most of the chatter about those things still leaves me feeling empty and like I'm grasping for …
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If I graduated high school and decided I wanted to be a neurosurgeon, wouldn't it be a little strange if I told you I didn't plan to go to college? I don't need to go to school and study. I'll just practice brain surgery on people until I gain enough experience. It's kind of morbid …
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Sometimes I teach horses, sometimes I give lessons, and sometimes life hands lessons to me. Lessons that can only be learned by stepping out there, taking risks and making mistakes. I crave the thrill of taking a risk and seeing what happens. Sometimes it works out in my favor, sometimes it's a failure I'll never forget, …
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Emily Gernaat Performance Horses 