“The horse pays exactly as much attention to you as you pay to the horse.” Daniel Nummer has this saying as one of his Principles of Horse Training.

Zelador personifies this principle. Bill was leading him from the paddock to …

Etienne Leroy introduced Zelador to the Spanish Walk and the piaffe this past winter. He returned to France April 29th and was back here in the middle of June for three days to work with Z and Z. During his …

Incident number one:

Today I was in the arena with Zeloso. He was moving about freely, snuffling bits of hay off the floor near the door and I was walking over to the corner to fetch my helmet. CLANG!! He …

Allen Pogue has a liberty move that he calls the waltz. The horse is circling around you and when you ask, the horse does a volte between you and his circle route, then continues circling around you. We started practicing …

Following are my thoughts of my ride on Zelador today and the comments dressage judge and good friend, Lynda Southam, sent in return.

From Winnie:

Well, I’ve noticed since the second week in June that I can get on Zelador and …

Hi, My quest to create the apparatus needed for Working Equitation is proceeding slowly, but steadily. (A friend is working on the gate and bridge.)

Deborah and Adam came to the farm and drew the bull/cow on the plywood. A …

Well, Bill had the garrocha pole and he was riding Zeloso. I was on Zelador and we moved over to the big ball. We pushed it around the arena, between the two pedestals and got it STUCK against the wall …

Here are some photos of Zeloso. We have the green polos on him for work on the rotating top pedestal. He’s just learning how to place a hoof on it. We wanted to protect his legs just in case he …

OK, just how smart are these horses!

Today I brought Zeloso into the arena and the two of us set up four large pylons on the centre line, each about 7 metres apart. Under saddle we used them to create …

The greater Toronto area might have broken a fifty year record for heat yesterday. Certainly the young man who came to the arena to deliver hundreds of bags of shavings was struggling with the high humidity and temperature.

When I …

“When a horse is three years old it has three legs. When it’s four, it has four legs. That’s when the training starts.” Sounds like a strange concept nowadays with Thoroughbreds racing at two and the Triple Crown awarded at …