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Lessons with Silva
Who would you invite to join you if you and 10 of your closest friends had the opportunity to spend a day with Grand Prix dressage rider Silva Martin and her three-day-eventer husband, Boyd? That’s a question Daphne Soares, of Long Valley, New Jersey
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Session 2 Riders
Jen Garutti, of Flemington, New Jersey, is an IT project manager for a financial services firm, Pony Club DC, an active event rider, wife and mother of two. She grew up in New England active in Pony Club and has evented through Preliminary level. She
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A Meaningful Collaboration
Though they compete in separate disciplines, Boyd and Silva Martin are a team in life and work, and they help each other bring the best out in all of the horses at Windurra, regardless of discipline. Cross-training over fences and in the open helps S
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Session 3 Riders
Daphne Soares rode her OTTB Anakin. She got him off the track as a 2-year-old, and they are schooling Preliminary level eventing. Nancy Seybold, of Washington, DC, works as an information architect on public health and biomedical/health info website
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Help Your Horse Recover From Intense Work
Q What is the best way to help my horse recover after a challenging training session or competition? A There are steps a rider can take both before and after exercise to help his or her horse recover from an intense training session. For example, co

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