Austin Eventing

What better way to recap a clinic with Karen O’Connor than getting a recap from both an auditor and a rider. Day 1: Dressage Auditor: Karen O’Connor’s in the house—I mean the arena and she’s setting the bar—wait who am I kidding she is the bar. Now she’s chatting with each horse and rider pair, asking about their trouble spots, adjusting a cheek piece here, suggesting a different bit there, and they’re calmly talking to her. And they’re are off around the arena, striving for

Thank you to our own Austin Eventer, Michelle, for her thoughts! Fifteen years ago I was jumping. I took lessons from a German trainer and I went to shows. I would spend all at shows watching the jumper rounds. After three years of this, I came to the conclusion that jumping just wasn’t for me. I couldn’t see my distances and I fell off pretty regularly. I felt like I just couldn’t do it (and I am not the kind of person to say “I can’t”). So, I became a Dressage Queen. I boug