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Bridgette van Sprang
by Bridgette van Sprang
⚜️Education For Equines ⚜️Personal growth for Humans ⚜️Building competition strategies ⚜️Strong mindset for athletes
Episodes
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Finding your team
Having the right team of people around you for your riding journey is important. Especially for those who are starting out in their competition journey as beginners or novice riders. Find the right team of people around you for a successful journey.
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How to maintain confidence in the warmup arena
Having a good warmup before riding in the competition arena is the key aspect to having a successful ride. In this podcast I outline what you can do to improve your warmup and maintain confidence.
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Prepare for your ride - the warm up
Preparing your horse for a successful ride comes from a great warmup. Walking the horse longer in your warmup walking the horse more in your workout and walking the horse more and their cool down is a key aspect for successful performance sound and happy Horse.
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Looking beyond conformation
Looking me on confirmation of a horse is looking at the personality of the horse. Does the horses personality suit you have you asked yourself the right questions before buying or purchasing this horse.
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Confidence in asking the question
Often riders feel self-conscious when they want to ask a question about the aid that they meant to be doing or the position of the riding. This podcast goes through and explains how are you can ask the coach the question and it goes through the how what and why.
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Establishing the basics
Establishing the basics depending on the type of horse can be done through ground work or riding. The basics need to be re-visited often so that you build a strong foundation of when you ride and train. Getting the horse through and straight, asking for simple transitions and developing a better...
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Communication between you and your horse
Communication between you and your horse is the key to a successful ride. What are you Trailride or compete at a high-level communication between you and your horse must be clear and understanding on both parties. Finding the right methods and horsemanship training that suit you and your horse…
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Boots and bandages
There are many different products on the market for boots and bandages for the horses. It’s important to know when and what to use. This podcast talks about when I use boots or bandages and the reasons behind my choices. I give my reasons based off my two dressage horses and the protection of…
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Reasons why you should brush your horse thoroughly
There are many benefits of thoroughly brushing your horse not only do you make them clean and ready for your ride. But also you were going over their body to check for any cuts nicks, swellings and increases circulation for better performance when you write them. Lastly and importantly one of the...
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Some reasons why your horse can shy
In this podcast I discuss some of the reasons why your horse can shy. During training practising tests and out at the competition. I give reasons and some tips to help you get a better result from your training, test practice and competition
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Choices
A great trainer once said to me ride the horse that you have on the day what this translates to is you need to make the assessment of your horse whether they feel tired energetic or more subtle than the day before this greatly affects the workout. Your horse is always communicating with you as a...
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Describing the feeling of forward
Often people get a mixed idea between what feels fast and what feels forward 90% of riders ride a horse fast and not forward. The feeling of Ford is the horse taking you or carrying you within the gait. The feeling of fuss is the horse running often fore hand. In the next episode I’ll be giving…
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Benefits of crosstraining
There are many benefits of cross training your horse. If you do pole work or jumping the crosstraining of your horse build strength stamina and endurance. If you cross train your horse by hacking them out it helps them relax the mind, especially if you have a hot or nervous horse. The idea of…
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Does your girth suit your horse
Girth’s are an important part of tack. They can help or hinder your ride. There is an abundance of different gifts on the market and knowing which one suits your horse is often a question you need to ask your saddle fitter. It’s always good to do a bit of research on the good that you currently...
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Knowing when to stop
When educating your horse a time frame is never something you should take into consideration some training sessions take 10 minutes some take longer and even up to an hour. When educating your horse never try and think of the insurance or getting the horse fitter always try and think of the...
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Understanding your horses personality.
It’s important to understand your horses personality so that you can educate them correctly and effectively. When riders feel like they’re blocked against the horse it’s often a communication breakdown when you can work with a Horses personality this is less likely to happen because your...
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Challenges faced as a rider, coach and trainer
In this series series 3 I’ll be addressing issues that come up his challenges as we ride train and coach. In this episode I talk about me reevaluating a horse but I’ve spent time away from and deciding to restart her so that my journey with this young mare is a happier clearer and more successful...
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20m circle
The 20 meter circle is the most common use exercise in a basic dressage test. The judge is looking for your rhythm and accuracy in this podcast we talk about the accuracy only and how you should be demonstrating the circle and where the tangent points are. In this podcast it explains where the...
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Checking the fit of your saddle
It’s important to check your saddle fit regularly. Horses often change shape in the different seasons and how much work they are currently in. Checking the saddle is important for optimum riding. Always ensure the freedom comfort of the horse for any item of gear that you have fitted to the horse...
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Fitting the bridle before you ride
Checking the bridle of the horse before you ride is an important start to your session. And ill fitting bridal can affect the horses mood, contact and suppleness. As most bottles are made out of leather over time it does eventually stretch. Make sure you always check the bit fitting and how the...
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⚜️Education For Equines ⚜️Personal growth for Humans ⚜️Building competition strategies ⚜️Strong mindset for athletes
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Bridgette van Sprang
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