Behind the Bit
Blog URL http://behindthebitblog.com
Located Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA
Tags horses, Dressage, horseback riding, jumping horses
A blog about sport horses, dressage, and riding...
Latest Blog Posts
- T-giving theme: What's your Native American name? on Nov 25, 2009 in names
I ran across this children's book Doesn't Fall Off His Horse about a Kiowa boy of the same name. The title made me wonder about what it would be like to be named by one's tribal community. Some names are okay, like Doesn't-fall-off-his-horse or Dance...
- Rider position and individual variation on Nov 24, 2009 in rider seat and position
I wonder if Heather Blitz ever imagined that sharing wonderful Paragon videos with the world might have a down side. Specifically, would she ever have predicted she'd get picked apart by some cheeky blogger who is perennially "schooling second level...
- Quaterback sons licensed! on Nov 23, 2009 in breeding Quaterback
From Judy Yancey's News page:First sons of QUATERBACK are licensedToday, in Neustadt, 2 sons of Quaterback were licensed for breeding at the Körung des Pferdezuchtverbandes Brandenburg-Anhalt. The Champion of the Dressage stallions was out of a Koli...
- More inspection photos (a new Project Runway?) on Nov 22, 2009
Again we're looking at photos from the Fair Hill inspection, USEventing blog. At the risk of sounding like Michael Kors on Project Runway, Jill Walton shows impeccable fashion sense, showing up in an outfit that suits her and absolutely offsets My Se...
- In every great horse rider partnership... on Nov 21, 2009 in humor eventing
One will occasionally look like they overslept...If you aren't into eventing, the horse inspections are kind of a dress-up occasion. Here Ronald Zabala-Goetschel and Che Italica trot before the vets at the Fair Hill horse inspection -- photo from Ev...
- Proximal sensory desmitis (PSD): A case study on Nov 20, 2009 in horse health and medicine
I wrote a blog article on PSD last year -- it is probably the most-read article on my blog. Recently, reader and student Kelly A. Ford shared this case study on PSD with me. She graciously agreed to let me share it here. I found it interesting, and b...
- Dressage in blue: My equine wish list on Nov 19, 2009 in horses of color
Blue roan QH soldon Equine.comI have always loved blue roans. A few years ago I saw a blue roan 2 year old Friesian/TB cross for sale -- it was as if the horse had been bred just for me. He was tall, and he looked like a very typey thoroughbred. He s...
