Use this Murdoch Minute to open your hip for a correct outside leg position. When the thigh is in neutral your heel will go back and down toward your horse’s hind foot.
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Murdoch Minute No. 71: Ease your back-up woes
Do you have trouble backing your horse up (rein back)? Does he raise his head and hollow his back? Does he refuse to move? Do you try to pull your horse back with the reins? Here’s a quick tip to ease your back up woes. Next time you ride, stop and back your horse up […]
Murdoch Minute No. 92: Change your Rising Diagonal in the Air
Do you push off your feet in rising trot? Tend to fall back into the saddle? Ride the “down beat”? Have difficulty getting your horse to lengthen his trot stride? Alternating between changing your diagonals sitting and rising can help. When you can maintain your balance and keep to a steady rhythm your horse’s trot […]
Jennifer H. Interview, Equine Affaire MA, Nov. 2014
Jennifer was a 5-Minute Fixes Demo Rider for Wendy Murdoch at Equine Affaire MA, November 2014. Her horse, Fluffy, was upset by the indoor arena door closing. As a metal roll-up door, it made all kinds of squeaking and moaning noises each time the mechanism engaged. As a result, Wendy used SURE FOOT® to calm the her. […]
Wendy at 2015 Horse World Expos!
The 2015 Pennsylvania Horse World Expo will be held at the Farm Show Complex, 2301 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA on March 5-8, 2015. Hours are Thursday noon-8pm, Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Adult daily admission $12, Children 6-12 $6 under six FREE. Acres of free parking. Check out Wendy’s demo […]
SURE FOOT sessions work magic for “unsound” dressage-turned-trail mount
“The SURE FOOT® Equine Stability program has made an amazing change in our 17 hand DWB mare, Tamara. We were given her two years ago to be my son’s trail horse. She was deemed too unsound to be a dressage horse anymore. She was supposed to be kept on joint supplements and pain killers all the time […]
