ARTICLE TOPICS

• As a Rider You Should Know - Rider Health - Horse Health Care - Practice Exercises - Tips and Tricks - Job Features

As a rider you should know:

• In Defense of  a System

• Balancing Act

• Emergency Tips

• Grayton Farms

• Who Should We Emulate?

• What Your Horse Wants in a Rider

• WCF as a stepping stone

• Top Turnout

• Today's Rider

• The Jumps of Spruce Meadows

• My saddle fits. Doesn't it?

• Fun Facts with Hakan Wahlman

• A weekend with GHM

• How to be; quiet, calm and smooth

• Get Yourself an Alter Ego

• It's all about that base

• 1.40m New Riders

• Remembering Zeno

• My Stable - What is it?

• Edmonton the little sister

• 'Red Hot Jimmy Ifko'

• The start of ABSJ

• High Cost of Barn Management

• A Jumping Evaluation - Bob Henselwood

• The mental game; Vinton Karrasch

• The importance to planning backwards

• Importing your new horse

• Horse Shopping 101

• Local Course Designer Rises To The Top

• Horses and maintaining their value

• Buying horses with Frank Selinger

• Buying a horse

• Juergen von Buttlar; Why you should know this legend!

• Pregnancy and Show Jumping

• Public Service Announcement

• Lunging as a training tool

• A Tidy Tack Room

• A Hunter Judges Perspective

• Horse Show Etiquette

• Fun Fact #hakanisagod

• Tidy Turn Out

• So you want to be a groom?

• You Need More Canter

• Changing Trainers

• Horse Fashion for 2018

• Can you make a business out of this business? Excel Spread Sheet addition

• Losing like a winner

• Goal Setting

• Breeding Sport Horses

• Grooms; inspiring the next generation

• You Might Be a Horse Person If...

• Horsemanship

• Going Airborne

• 4 reasons trainers should be more like fence posts

• The difference in warm-up rings

• Young horse jumping

• Trailiering Tips

• Effective Jump Setting

• Barn Manners

• Are you ready to move up a division?

• Working through a student problem: Claudia Cojocar

• Being a working amateur at Spruce Meadows

• Interview with Peter Holmes

• Art of looking good

• Build it and they will come

• Course Design as Leo see's it

• Horse Trailers - What you should look for

• Maintaining a Turfgrass Surface

• Leg Position

• Fun Footing Facts

• Self Talk

• Horse & Money Management

• ABSJ Print Is Over

• It's Never The Horses Fault

• The Hard Truth About Our Sport

• Finances and Showing

• Are we really on a team?

• Calmers; which to use

• Better Course Inspections: Part 3

• Better Course Inspections: Part 2

• Better Course Inspections: Part 1

• An Interview with Jump Alberta

• Young Horses in Alberta

• Warm Up Ring Tips

• Tail Ribbons

• Jump Construction in the Show Ring

• Indoor Riding

• A Weekend in Quotes

• Ask the Course Designer

• Rules you maybe didn't know

• Interview with Jump Alberta

• Proper Lunging in a Video

• When should we wear a Red Coat?

• Is your routine a zombie?

• Buying a horse what to expect

• Break Away Cups - how they work

• Turn out: What to wear when

• Draw Reins When and How

• Why are the pro's horses so well behaved??

• Bad Horsemanship

• Job Focus - In Gate

• On the Road - Horse Transportation

• Proper use of the chain

• Packing? Check out this useful list

• Chute Jumping Your Young Horse

• How to Fit Your Blanket

• So you want to be a groom?!

• Nerves – How Are We Supposed to Handle Them?!

• Proper Lunging

• Breeding in Alberta

• Chute Jumping Your Young Horse

• Create a Show Management Plan

• Legal Jumping

• So Your Going to Spruce Meadows

• Starting the Youngsters - Frank Selinger

• Trailering Your Horse

• Treadmill vs. Hotwalker

• Walk the Walk

• Alberta Has Great Young Horses

Rider Health Care:

• Me or My Tack?

• Life Tips #3

• Life Tips #2

• Life Tips #1

• Stretching

• Mind Make Overs

• Getting Over Nerves

• Confidence; Get you some

• Next Season

• Pull your shoulders back?

• Survive a warm up disaster

• No stirrups - friend or foe?

• A Change in Emotions Changes Everything

• Balance is the Key to Success

• 7 Steps to improve your performance

• What is your perfect horse fit?

• Nerves: how are we supposed to deal?

• Stirrup Length

• Power Posture

• Forget Deep Breathing

• Our Back, Our Seat, Our Ride

• Breathing

• Does Your Ego Get In The Way?

• Put Your Back Into It

• Sitting Deeper

• Key Muscle Strength and Flexibility

• Lunge Squat

• Cross Training for better riding

• No Excuses

• Helmet Safety

• Real Time Ultrasound

• Why rider fitness is so important

• Create a Show Management Plan

• Vaccinate your self against stress - Tonia Anderson

• A stretching guide for riders

• Loose Lower Leg

• Hip Fold Exercise

• Why Does One Heel Pop Up??

• Concussion Discussion

• Rider Tips

• Are Your Reins Too Long?

• Human Spine in Motion

• Stay Balanced in the stirrups

Horse Health Care:

• Get out fo the sandbox

• Why a Properly Fit Saddle

• Shockwave Therapy

• Why Postural Changes Take So Much Time

• Managing Expectations

• The Hind Gut

• End of Year Time Off

• Stretching; when you can skip it

• The importance of maintenance 

• Hind Suspensory Injury - What to do

• The all important Hamstring

• The MRI

• Young Horse Growth

• Crooked Legs in Foals

• Saddle fit from 3 perspectives

• Assessing your new horses body

• New Horse New Saddle

• Your Horses Back

• Turn on the forehand

• Reading the Feed Label

• Low intensity ultrasound for show jumpers

• IRAP a novel approach to joint disease

• OCD in show jumpers

• Cross-training

• A little bit about the 'Bit Seat'

• Your Horses Wellness Team

• After Show Season

• Stretching

• Standing MRI

• Breaks: for better fitness

• Winter Conditioning

• Saddle Fitting - Part 2 Janis Marquis

• Dr Rach - Dentistry

• Cookie Stretches

• What Causes a Saddle to not fit?

• Healing Options

• Shoeing To Win

• Why Accupuncture

• Natural Balance for Your Equine Athlete

• How Regenerative Therapies Can Help

• What is a Muscle Knot?

• Tie Back Sugery - Does Your Horse Need it?

• Embryo Transfer For The Performance Mare

• Does your horse need maintenance?

• Saddle Fit

• Why Massage

• Do You Have Your Horses Back??

• Getting the Most Out of Your Hay

• Checking the Hamstrings

Practice Exercises:

• Ray Texel Exercises from the Jump Alberta 2018 Symposium

• Show Prep - Brian Morton

• The Warm Up - Andrea Harris

• Practice Course - Peter Holmes

• GHM Exercise

• Free Jay Duke Lesson Plan - Roll Backs

• Half Halt

• Serpentine with Andrea Harris

• The Driving Rein

• Proper Lunging

• Nayel's practice exercises

• Serpentine Exercise

• Accordion Gymnastic

• The transition with Chris Surbey

• Exercise with Beth Underhill

• The 'S' Curve

• Flat Work Tips -Liam Buckley

• Warm up tracks - Gail Greenough

• Grid Work with Will Simpson

• Dressage for Jumpers

• Smooth Triple Gymnastic

• There Is No Off-Season...

• Break the Monotony

• Mid Season What to Work on

• Mid Season Gymnastic

• Four Seats

• Ride Outside the Box

Tips and tricks:

• Ring Bag

• First aid facts and tips

• What to put in your ring bag

• Sales Video Tips

• Yarn Jumper Braids

• Video Taping

• The Mud Knot

• Groom Faves

• Blanket Folding

• Keeping a tidy barn

• Quarter Marks

• Jump Painting Tips

• What to put in your groom bag

• Groom Stall Messes

• Packing List

• Shinny Horses

• Clipping Tips

• Tips for the Savvy Shopper

• Prepare Your Mane

• Bathing Tips

• Helmet Hair

• Groom Bag

• Tail Brushing

• Great Products

• Tame That Mane

• Tips and Tricks of the Trade

• Braiding Hunters

• Understanding Corking

• Make Your Own

• Jumper Groom Tips

• Being a Great Hunter Groom

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Job features:

• Becoming a Vet

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• Farrier

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• Equine Chiropractor

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• Working Student

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• Braider

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• Trainer

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• Body worker and massage therapist

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• Jump Crew

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• Show Steward

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• Course Designer