

Karen O’Connor Clinic: Auditor vs. Rider
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


Rider Recap: DQ to the Darkside
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