Thanks for the heads-up. Should be an interesting review/workshop. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Lausanne... Reading back, just realized I made a pun. It's so silly, I'll leave it there!

which classical site or magazine was this published in?

Have you read "Centered Riding" the first book by Sally Swift? The imagery helps with all the things you mentioned. Another thing Sally says that has really changed the way I ride, is to always keep at least 75% of your focus on yourself, not the horse. It works! We don't realize how every tiny thing we do is a signal to the horse, so it can be like a constant barrage of confusing, conflicting demands and requests. Keeping most of our attention on ourselves turns down the volume and reduces the static

Congratulations to you and your family on your first horse! And congratulations to Doc for being in the right place at the right time to meet his wonderful new family! My first horse was also a rescue, and about 23 years old. Like Doc, she was quiet and gentle. She stayed quiet through the first few weeks of vet visits, de-lousing, hoof-trimming, and gradual weight gain. (I don't have a single picture of this horse with her head up - as soon as I stepped back to snap a picture, her head would "hit