Video Critique: Bob and Luke

24th August

San Diego Horse Trainer Will Faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Bob and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Etch-A-Sketch

22nd August

Good afternoon, this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and I wanted to show you another one of the horses that we are now working with. This is Carrie Underwood and her horse Etch-A-Sketch. Etch-A-Sketch is just four years old, and just started dressage training with me just a couple of months ago. We are thrilled with this horse and think she has a lot of potential once she fills into herself.

As you can see in the video, she is quite huge and just look at that lofty beautiful trot. She is just now learning to stretch. When we first started her, she had a little break in her third vertebrae, which is why it is so important that we get her all the way out there. You can see sometimes when she accepts the contact that she comes a little …



Video Critique: Meike

21st August

Will Faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Meike and makes suggestions for further improvement.



H2O and Barb

21st August

Hi this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride with H2O and Barb. Barb leases this horse and it is the same horse that you saw in our last video with my wife Karen Loshbaugh. The last video was the first time that we had gotten him into a complete deep stretch, so I wanted to show you the student working on the exact same thing.

Look how easily this horse is able to work with Barbara. This horse was very very stiff, she was the kind of horse that just pulled her head up into the air and jammed her neck back into her body. Now Barbara is experiencing her very loose over her back and swinging. Much improved, beautiful! So this is really about a month of training, 3-4 days a week, just getting her softened up and lunging correctly. We …



H2O

21st August

Hello this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and today I am here showing you one of the new horses that we are training. We have been working with this horse for about a month. It was a hunter and her name is H2O.

She has quite a strong back, but she was quite stiff through her neck. I wanted to show you a video of her first day of really getting a full stretch, she has really loosened up. This was a horse that would really brace against your hands and start to run. Look at how nicely she is beginning to swing over her back after only a month! Look at how we have the full range of motion! This is my wife Karen Loshbaugh riding her today.

I wanted to introduce you to some of these horses because we will …



Video Critique: Janice

19th August

Will Faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Janice and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Claire

15th August

Will Faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Claire and makes suggestions for further improvement.



3 Year Old: First Work In Trot Under Saddle

14th August

Good Morning this is Will Faerber from Art2Ride and I thought I would share this moment with you. This is Carrie Underwood and her three year old horse, Fancy. Fancy has had about a year off or so and we just lunged her a couple of times and got her stretching into the contact. This is the first time that Carrie has trotted her since then. I wanted you to see how beautifully this horse is working over it’s back!

My point that I want to make is how easy it is to work horses that haven’t been started in a wrong way. This horse is coming out and going forward and stretching right into the contact beautifully. She has beautiful rhythm and you can see how much she is thrusting off the ground already after only a couple weeks of …



Video Critique: Maureen

13th August

Will faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Maureen and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Berni

12th August

Will Faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Berni and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Chelsea

7th August

Will faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in Chelsea and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Megan

6th August

Will faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in Megan and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Tytti Submission 2

2nd August

Will faerber from Art2Ride discusses the second video sent in by Tytti and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Marion

1st August

Will faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Marion and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Irenia

1st August

San Diego Horse Trainer Will Faerber from Art2Ride discusses the video sent in by Irenia and makes suggestions for further improvement.



Video Critique: Angie Submission 2

1st August

Will Faerber from Art 2 Ride discusses the video sent in by Angie and makes suggestions for further improvement.




From the Blog!

Join me as I post weekly blogs covering many topics relating to Classical Foundation Training. I have intentionally left out the word "dressage" because many people have a negative association with the prevalent "crank and spank" approach or that it is a sport for only those who are afraid to jump.

Dressage as it is meant to be is an understanding of how to best optimize a horse's movement and ability to carry a rider, surely a benefit for any horse, any discipline. It is also important in maintaining your horse's safety, soundness and sanity.

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