Bee and the Horse
The Academic Art of Riding Blog by Bettina Biolik
Tag: horse
Your Horse Is Not Avoiding the Exercise. It Is Not Ready Yet.
When my students begin more advanced exercises, such as half-pass, pirouette or renvers, it is usually a “non-event”. Their horses don’t struggle, and they often already show quite a good shape and balance the first time they try. Why? Because they are well prepared.… Continue Reading “Your Horse Is Not Avoiding the Exercise. It Is Not Ready Yet.”
Something Is Ending, and Something Begins.
We live at a time where we can truly re-evaluate horse training and decide what we want to carry forward, and what we finally leave behind. I know I have changed my training a lot over the last two decades, and I don’t experience… Continue Reading “Something Is Ending, and Something Begins.”
Will you walk with me?
Something I enjoy doing a lot right now is to walk with the horses from the field to the riding arena and back. I always bring a halter, but usually they follow me without. Both Minor and Weto will usually meet me by walking… Continue Reading “Will you walk with me?”
Summer Academy and Trainer Day 2023
I’m back from Denmark and back to my normal work routine. This year’s summer academy was quite special for me: My student Meg Brauch from the US became a member of the knighthood (she passed her Squire test in spring), making her the first… Continue Reading “Summer Academy and Trainer Day 2023”
Every Day Magic
Today I had one of the best days with the horses I ever had. Not because of some fancy exercises, but because of our normal, quiet daily routine and such a nice feeling between us. I started by sorting my feeds for the horses… Continue Reading “Every Day Magic”
Art of Riding Classroom
Years ago, during breakfast, my husband said to me: why don’t you start a blog and tell people about your journey with Nazir? This was the start of this blog, Bee and the Horse, in which I formulated my ideas about horse training for… Continue Reading “Art of Riding Classroom”
Groundwork: Making Me a Better Human
Groundwork is a great chance to develop the relationship with our horse. While just hanging out and getting to know the horse in his daily life and his interaction with other horses is the absolute foundation, groundwork is a more goal oriented communication. There… Continue Reading “Groundwork: Making Me a Better Human”
My Own Little Stable
As some of you might have noticed, we changed places yet again. This time I hope it’s going to be for longer, because I have rented a little stable myself. Together with my friend Anna, we were already on the lookout for a suitable… Continue Reading “My Own Little Stable”
Meet My New Horse!
This is Langdyssegaards Minor, or Minor for short, 4 years old pure bred Frederiksborg horse. I found him in Denmark this spring while I was a working student for Bent Branderup. His breeder is Lene Dursben, one of the best and biggest breeders of Frederiksborg… Continue Reading “Meet My New Horse!”
Why don’t you sell your horse?
…is a question I get every now and again from friends and students. What they all refer to is the fact that Nazir cannot be “used” like other horses. Due to his past and also his physical condition, he simply cannot be trained like… Continue Reading “Why don’t you sell your horse?”
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