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A Big Boost of Confidence

I’m over the moon as I write this blog. I’ve just finished what has to be the best ride I’ve had since getting back in the saddle. I couldn’t be happier with Luc, and amazingly, I couldn’t be prouder of …

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Winsong’s Latest Videos

Check out the latest videos from the Winsong crew!

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Silhouette and friends

Four Men Doing Dressage 2015

Athletic Zeloso 2015

Zeloso leaps

Zelador and the bunny 2015

Zeloso finds the saddle pad

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Farewell

What a wonderful journey this has been! But sadly it is time to put away the history books and research websites, and move onto another phase of life.
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Here’s to Girl Power

I was caught off guard this week when I saw a picture of myself standing between two of my young clients. OMG I am SO tiny! I’ve been told this my entire life, but I’d never really and truly realized …

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The Importance of Having a No. 1 Fan

I’m back in Moab after a six-day epic U.S. road trip with my boyfriend, Fernando. Along the way we dubbed the trip #RunMerica and #EatMerica as we indulged in two of our favourite activities – binging and long distance running.…

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I’m on Fire!

This week I was totally on fire. Not in the sense that I’m doing amazingly awesome, more in the sense that I took away my own stirrups again this week and my legs were burning by the end of my …

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Get Fencing Ready for Summer

The grass is green and summer is upon us. As a horse owner, now it is time to start thinking about making sure that your fence is in good working order. No matter what type of fence you have on …

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Feeding Elite Show Jumpers

The Equine Science Society recently held their symposium, and as usual, there was an excellent assortment of equine research studies in areas of nutrition, exercise physiology, reproduction, genetics, production and management, and teaching and learning. In the next few months …

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Find Mickey Mouse

Liz Martin and her mother, Carrie, have their horses here. Carrie hasn’t had an opportunity to see much liberty work so today Carrie and Liz watched while I worked with Spring Song, Kye, Zeloso and Zelador. She got to see …

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Respect the Course

photoThis week marked our first show of the season and despite Mother Nature’s best efforts to ruin the weekend with torrential rains on Saturday and temperatures in the single digits on Sunday, we managed to have a great weekend! Saturday’s …

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It Started with a Bang

This week’s ride started with a bang and ended with a thud. While that may sound a little ominous, let me assure you it wasn’t. It all started when we arrived at the barn. The annual spring cleanup was underway, …

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Cavalia Click That Teaches Clicker Clinic

Sooo it’s been a while since I blogged and many exciting things have happened!

There have been two clinics and “U” is coming along nicely too and will post some videos of him soon.

I was waiting to get photos …

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A Party and One Last Ride on Canadian Soil

DSC_3668I’m now in my final week of work before I drive down to Moab to reconnect with Christoph Schork for six weeks of Mongol Derby boot camp.

Last weekend, I had my last run on a racehorse and as I …

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Invasion of the Super Bugs!

blog-11-cartoonQuestion: Am I the only one that’s being carried away by the vampire sized mosquitos that have somehow managed to overrun every square inch of the “great” outdoors this year?

By the “great outdoors” I am actually referring to the …