The journey of Athos

Last year Athos was born on our farm. He is our very first foal here in France. It is an Azteca-horse.
I will keep a trainer's log of his progress. His journey from an ignorant, upnoxious, rude, irresponsible foal into a magnificent show-horse.

I couldn't refuse ...

A couple of weeks ago one of my clients asked me if I wanted to ride her Lusitanian horse. She has bought the horse a few months ago and had been having trouble handling him. She recently found out that the 12 year old horse had only been castrated a year ago. This means that, in his head, he thinks he is still a stallion. However, I just adore Lusitanian horses so obviously I didn't say on!
What you'll see on this video is not a prepared dressage exercise, it's just me riding this horse for the first time trying to find out how he has been ridden. Even though it has been a long time ago, this horse has learned something at some point and still has a faint memory of it. I enjoyed riding him and I am convinced that with good training, patience and persistence his new owner will find a way to work with him and enjoy a good dressage horse.

Negative Thoughts are like Bad Weeds in Your Head

Negative Thoughts grow like bad weeds, our imagination creates a negative world if we let the weeds grow. Staying positive and having a constructive attitude is work (De-cluttering), you have to invest time and effort to reach the goals you're dreaming of. As the old Samurai says in the movie 'Last Samurai' : you have to empty your mind, you can't think about fighting, you have to do it.