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Green Meads Farm: Learn to Smell it Coming

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Richmond, MA 01254. Saturday, December 20, 2014. Learn to Smell it Coming. LEARN TO DRIVE BY FEEL. His could be a topic for another article or even a whole book, but suffice to say, one of the main factors to keep in mind is the. To the horse. By. Riding in presence;. Although the above quote is about riding, the concept certainly. There is no physical bodily contact with the horse. Drivers are readily tempted to attach their eyes to the horse in front of them. Why? However, there is a definite tangible ...

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Green Meads Farm: Feeling, Timing, Balance

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Richmond, MA 01254. Saturday, January 17, 2015. Feeling, Timing, Balance. Glad he gave credit where it's due. This is a pretty good explanation of what should be happening. When you ride *or* drive! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Feeling, Timing, Balance. Training people and horses for competitive and recreational carriage driving, 35 miles east of Albany, NY in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. Lessons by appointment and offering carriage driving clinics worldwide.

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Green Meads Farm: January 2015

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Richmond, MA 01254. Saturday, January 17, 2015. Feeling, Timing, Balance. Glad he gave credit where it's due. This is a pretty good explanation of what should be happening. When you ride *or* drive! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Feeling, Timing, Balance. View my complete profile. Now In the Berkshires.

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Green Meads Farm: May 2014

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Richmond, MA 01254. Saturday, May 10, 2014. Why Horses Hide Their Pain. 8220;The difficulty with evaluating pain in horses is that they cannot tell us how much pain they’re in or where it hurts,and that’s complicated by the fact that horses are prey animals, and. They will naturally tend to hide their level of pain as a survival mechanism.”. It would seem some of our best athletes. .the naturally superior prey specimens. Hide their discomfort better than the rest. Links to this post. Now In the Berkshires.

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Green Meads Farm: March 2014

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Richmond, MA 01254. Monday, March 24, 2014. Messages From The Carriage Horses. A most eloquent voice. Mystical Journey: Messages From The Carriage Horses Bedlam Farm Journal. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Messages From The Carriage Horses. Training people and horses for competitive and recreational carriage driving, 35 miles east of Albany, NY in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. Lessons by appointment and offering carriage driving clinics worldwide. Now In the Berkshires.

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Green Meads Farm: November 2014

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Richmond, MA 01254. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Links to this post. Thursday, November 13, 2014. It's Hard to Drive Straight. It's hard to drive straight and accurately. These tracks down the centerline (yellow) show the difficulty a new driver had in:. And she was trying *really* hard to do it right. The white arrows indicate the widest tracks in her attempts. If you look carefully you can see she was able to generally hone in on X but getting there and leaving there were harder. Would he get a 10?

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Green Meads Farm: August 2015

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Richmond, MA 01254. Thursday, August 20, 2015. Heard early this morning when I went out to bring horses in. Links to this post. Saturday, August 8, 2015. Looking forward to the next horse. It is hard to put a price on accepting that everything you think you know about horses may change with the very next horse.". It is amazing to ponder that with all the time man has spent with horses and with all that has been studied and written about horses, there is always something new to be learned.

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Green Meads Farm: Walk This Way

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Richmond, MA 01254. Sunday, December 14, 2014. The horse must use virtually every muscle in it's body to walk just one step. It's important that they all feel good! The above animation gets one part wrong. The horse lands heel first! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Learn to Smell it Coming. Orleton Farm Pleasure Show Sign Up. View my complete profile. Now In the Berkshires.

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Green Meads Farm: August 2014

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Richmond, MA 01254. Sunday, August 24, 2014. Cones and The Courage to Drive to the Outside. Hoof Prints and Wheel Track. I often hear instructions given to drivers who are learning to drive cones: "Get straight before you go through.". Since your time on course is a not only a measure of how fast you are traveling through space ( speed. But how much time. It takes to travel the distance. Around the course, increasing the distance. Travelled will increase your time. On course. TIME. Study this photo. ...

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Green Meads Farm: Looking forward to the next horse

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Richmond, MA 01254. Saturday, August 8, 2015. Looking forward to the next horse. It is hard to put a price on accepting that everything you think you know about horses may change with the very next horse.". From an article about Bill Dorrance by Verlyn Klinkenborg 'Death of a Legendary Horseman' - NY Times July 24, 1999 - http:/ www.nytimes.com/…/editorial-notebook-death-of-a-lege…. I am always looking forward to what the next horse has in store for me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).