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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞!
The official Congress schedule has been released and there’s a lot to be excited about this year. Here are a few highlights:

𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝
Creating more indoor space to show and practice, giving exhibitors even more room and flexibility throughout the event.

𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐬 & 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞
Plus, 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝, raising the stakes and the excitement.

𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Bringing an 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 $𝟔𝟎𝟎𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 and pushing total 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 $𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
Both 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 will be held on Saturdays this year, making it easier for fans who work during the week to come spend the weekend at the Congress enjoying the special events, shopping the trade show, and watching world class horse show competition.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
Be sure to review the attached list to see all the new classes coming to this year’s Congress.

There’s a lot more to explore. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐇𝐂 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 and start planning your Congress experience!

www.quarterhorsecongress.com/all-american-quarter-horse-congress-horse-show-schedule

Happy to welcome NE Indiana Equine Sports and Massage Rehab to the facility this fall.
October 29-November 1.
Message them to get on the class list! Get started in equine massage therapy now

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Rare opening for monthly training coming available due to some exceptional horses finding new homes
Western and hunt all around
AQHA/APHA/Pinto/buckskin
Also have prospect horses available for lease
Come show with us!
Full training with board $850
Unlimited Magnawave with full training $1050

Looks like we are heading back to one of our favorite shows this year! Sending in stalls shortly. Please let me know if you want to stall with us asap

We are pleased to present our yearly FAQ guide for AQHA rules. We encourage you to snap this as a photo on your phone or tablet for quick reference. At no point should this replace the full rulebook. But we often pull this up for a quick guide. Even our office, looks up rules at each show to be able to accurately guide our exhibitors.

(𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅)

- When my instructor repeats to me: ′′Straighten your shoulders and open your chest!” He’s not just teaching me how to stand up. He's teaching me that in life we should always walk straight and face problems head on.

- When my instructor asks me to lower my legs and keep them close to the horse, he teaches me that in life we do not allow distractions and that little is enough to deviate from his path.

- When my instructor tells me "Too much hand, don't hang on to the reins! "He teaches me to give and not to take, with the greatest respect of others.

- When he yells and repeats endlessly: "Look forward in the direction you want to go!” He teaches me the importance of setting goals and never losing sight of them to achieve them.

- When I ask to move up or do more and my instructor says I'm not ready, he teaches me that in life you must always respect your rhythm and never skip the steps.

- When I fall and get back up, I learn that there are always setbacks, times when we back up, but the important thing is to get up more determined than before.

- If I hold my breath during a ride and he jokingly tells me "breathe! You are purple!” I understand that you have to let your emotions flow in order to get rid of them.

- When at the end of the course I am happy with the work done and my instructor says to me′ ′Well done, thank your teacher′′ I know he is not referring to himself but to my horse.

- Now you, you who are watching a rider pass in the saddle, keep saying that riding is not a sport because it is the horse that does everything. I agree. Horse riding is not a sport. It is a life lesson.

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- If your torso is collapsing to the right, your hips slipped to the left
- If your right leg keeps creeping up, or you lose just the right stirrup, your hips have slipped left
- If you find it easier to ride to the left, than to the right, your hips likely slip to the left.
- if you find yourself clinging to the right rein, while practically forgetting that you have a left one, good chances are that your hips slept left
- If your left hand is higher than your right hand, it’s possible that your hip slipped to the left
- If cantering counter clockwise, feels okay, but cantering clockwise feels awful, I’m gonna say your hips slipped left.
- if you can leg yield your horse to the right (off your left leg) pretty well,  but cannot lead guild to the left to save your life, your hips are probably chronically slipping to the left.

So many times, when a rider or is collapsing to the right, their coach tells them to fix it by stepping into the left stirrup. 🤦‍♀️ Like, I’ve heard of very famous coaches, giving this instruction.
And the thing is, it does look a little better, because at least when they step into the left stirrup, it gets them to straighten up their entire body -the problem is they are still off-center.
 I think the coach then typically gives students other exercises that bring them back over to the right (like twisting the shoulders to point a little to the left would help), but what I can tell you is these students then talk to me about their ride and they have absolutely no idea how to reproduce whatever straightness they may have accomplished during that clinic. 

The number one, needs solved now, issue in the rider in this sketch is that the hips fell left. I don’t care that the rib cage is collapsing to the right, or that the right leg is creeping way up. All of that will be fixed once the Rider brings their pelvis back to center.

This person is also riding with the left hip forward and the right hip back, but that will also likely resolve once you get this person to scooch over to the right.

 I would tell this student to put their left butt cheek in the middle of the saddle, high centering it, and drop the right butt cheek down into the hole that creates.

Another great exercise (on a trotting horse) is to drop the left stirrup, go clockwise, and posting trot utilizing just the right stirrup. This will feel horrible at first- to the point that I often have to let students try the exercise the opposite direction with the opposite stirrup so they realize how easy it is on their “strong” side. 

If you really struggle to keep from slipping left, it can also help to turn your chest to point a little bit to the left (while traveling right). This can be very effective at putting your weight into your right leg. You can stand up, assume a position similar to riding, and then twist your torso, one way, and then the other. Not all, but definitely most people find that when they twist to the left, it shifts weight into the right foot and vice versa.

Btw- I do virtual video review lessons! Very little tech knowledge needed. $65/lesson.


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