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Category: Horses

What I Hope

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows, Horses

What I Hope   For many of us, the world looks significantly different than it did at the beginning of the year. Many stables shut their doors to anyone other than those directly involved in their horses’ care. Others have

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If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Horses, Leadership, Life Skills

  I have a pony in the barn, and boy, is she a good teacher. She has nice manners, is easy to make go and stop, and is never fresh. But, if you don’t remember to steer, she will work

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Your Own Worst Critic

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018
Terri Young
Horses, Leadership, Life Skills

“What you can’t accomplish in an hour should usually be put off until tomorrow.” ~Bill Steinkraus I have a student who continually criticizes herself. During each lesson, she regularly laments how bad her leg feels, or how how she can’t

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Riding is Leadership Training

September 18, 2017September 18, 2017
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Horses, Leadership, Life Skills

Horses has evolved across thousands of years. Their success as a species is due, in part, to their ability to figure out where they fit in the herd. Their failure to accurately assess where they are in the pecking order

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Thoroughbred Makeover: Great Strides

October 9, 2016October 9, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Horses, TB Makeover

          We are getting close! Joanna and I have been working with our mounts, Arnie and “G”, to get them ready for the Thoroughbred Makeover at the end of October in Lexington, Kentucky. The Makeover features

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TB Makeover: Back in the Saddle

July 12, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows, Horses, TB Makeover, Uncategorized

June was a long month. The first half was filled with showing, showing, showing. We had the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, followed by the Loudoun Benefit Horse Show. They are both held in the same location and we are

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RRP Thoroughbred Makeover: Steady Progress

April 25, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Horses, TB Makeover

It’s been a fun month, working with “G” and Arnie. We jumped Arnie a second time and he’s coming along. Nice form and really a doll – ready to try anything. He’s settled in so well, he’s eager for trying

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RRP Thoroughbred Makeover: It Takes a Village

March 10, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Horses, TB Makeover

The last two weeks have been crazy. I have a bunch of clients looking for horses to purchase (yay!), so I’ve been running around Virginia and Maryland trying horses of varying sizes, abilities and levels of experience. Last Thursday, we

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RRP Thoroughbred Makeover: Game On

February 26, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Horses, TB Makeover

So we now have three prospects for the program, it’s so exciting! On Tuesday, we picked up a horse that my sister purchased. Spanish Affair (Briggs) is a possible prospect: my sister left him with me to assess this month.

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…No Dice

February 2, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Horses, TB Makeover

I went to the Fasig-Tipton Sale at Timonium and all I got was a crab cake. No really, my sister and her husband bought me a nice meal when it was all said and done, but nary a horse was

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