Ari’s Page

08/30/2026

This is on par with my approach to helping horses live a d thrive in the work and relationships with us in the world we put them in.

08/28/2026

One day or day one… it’s always up to us.
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08/27/2026

I have worked with a few good riders who had incredibly talented horses with this issue. Convincing them it wasn’t a disobedience or that the more you pushed the more the more trapped their horse felt was one of the most difficult parts of my job as a functional movement specialist and trainer.
I don’t receive any personal benefit for recommending any method or product. I’m just sharing what I feel is beneficial to our journey with horses. Tristan Tucker has a lot of free content to explore and gain a different perspective into what our horses are experiencing.

Ever felt like you're pushing your horse forward the whole ride? 🐴

Not once or twice. Every step. Leg on, ask again, keep him going, and the second you stop asking, he stops.

It's exhausting. And it's easy to blame yourself for it, or to decide he's just a lazy horse who needs more.

But a horse who needs constant pushing usually isn't refusing. His body is closed, and a closed body can't produce forward on its own. So every extra bit of leg goes into a system that has no room for it, and he tightens further.

The counterintuitive part is that the answer isn't more. It's opening the body first, so the forward has somewhere to come from. And then asking less, so he gets the chance to offer something himself.

Kristel found that with Guspini. She stopped telling him what to do, and he started taking her.

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08/26/2026

Journal log 13, Ari and Me and our journey to Grand Prix:

The goal of dressage is to help the horse carry us in a healthy, dynamically stable, and balanced manner with economy of energy (energy equal to but not greater than the task) with an understanding in body and mind of what to do and how to do it. For all that to be achieved there must be trust between horse and rider first and foremost, then relaxation in body and mind, and the desire to carry both our bodies in forward energy. When all that happens I think the horse and rider are equally happy.
If a happy, healthy, willing horse is your ultimate goal then the importance of 👇cannot be stressed enough.
It took time, hundreds of baby steps, dozens of starts and restarts to help my girl find this level of trust and relaxation carrying me in the open fields. It was all worth it and the rewards will carry over into every aspect of our work together.

08/23/2026

PICTURE to grab attention 🐴🐴

We are seeking bids to construct an all weather outdoor riding arena (dressage) on our farm in Marion, County in south central Kansas.
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Photo Credit: Equestrian Surfaces in the UK

08/23/2026

A Sunday morning on the farm.

08/19/2026

This girl ♥️♥️

08/18/2026

Restoring this KS farm where the tall grass prairie and the flint hills meet…

08/18/2026

Help Julie get to Pau, France to compete in her first 5 Star 💫 Click the link 👇

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