Aubrey Graham
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Winter & The Oregon Trail
“How can you be ready for something you are not familiar with? … I have explained my answer by likening it to the Oregon Trail game. Each option … carried consequences. Your family might get dysentery, or you might run out of money and have to figure out how not to die that day.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: ISO a “Safe” Horse
“What annoy[s] me so much about ‘safe’ is that it is unclear and massively subjective. My version of safe is not my client’s version of safe is not your kid’s trainer’s version of safe.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: 6 Horses To Be Thankful For
As horse lovers, most of us are pretty darned thankful for our personal horses. But as riders, there are certain types of horses for which we should be grateful. Here are six of them. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: One More Time
“I just take the good in the middle and ride to extend the countdown on his timer and stretch the quality of ride out further with each time I swing a leg over.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Loose Schedules for the Win
“Thoroughbreds (like all horses) have a good time-keeping system, and if we let them get strictly on a schedule, they know when we miss the mark.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Need for More Support During Their Second Careers
“Sometimes a Thoroughbred’s hardest time and greatest need lies smack in the middle of its second career.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Problematics of Pairing the Words “Rescue” and “Thoroughbred”
“[Thoroughbreds] are desirable in their own right. No saving necessary.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, by Kentucky Performance Products: Demystifying ‘Spooky’ Season
“The wind, weather, and absurd Halloween tchotch (I’m looking at you you blow up dragons and 20-foot tall skeletons) do not create a spooky horse out of one who is usually brave. Rather, a consistent horse is one whose reactions are predictable …” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: 4 Makeover Horse Typologies
Whether it’s the well-prepared horse or the one that had a number of ups and downs on its journey, there are certain types of horses you see at the Makeover. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Fight Club
“I swear they know. They know when they’re up for sale, or people are coming to trial ride them. They know when there’s a big show coming. They know when your bank account has never seen worse days. And then they start up the fight club again …”
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Want a Good Bend? Get Straight First
You have to create straight before you can fix any form of lean or crookedness… (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Match Making (The Ramen Redux)
When someone decides they want to be a horse trainer, rarely do they also say they want to be a match maker. But the truth of the matter is, that’s often what horse training and selling is all about. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Four Rides A Week
“For a horse in full work, I like the number four. This gives you enough time in the saddle to accomplish goals and work towards training without forgetting to let them be a horse and have fun.”
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part IV — The Warhorse
Today we’re talking about the warhorses — those incredible athletes that have made more than 50 starts. (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part III
This week focuses on the horses that ran 15 – 30 races. Read on to learn more about what to look for and which questions to ask.
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part II
Owning an OTTB is great because of the amount of information you can get about them immediately. But doing so also begs the question: what constitutes a “good” race record?
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: A ‘Good’ Race Record, Part I
Owning an OTTB is great because of the amount of information you can get about them immediately. But doing so also begs the question: what constitutes a “good” race record? (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Right off the Track Protocol, a Refresher
“With numerous ‘end of the meets’… coming up, and folks looking to pick up their next … Thoroughbred Makeover horse, [here’s] a general care-based refresher for their off-track transitions.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Point and Patient
“The technique of point them at it and be patient makes braver horses because it both sets the expectation — over or through — and gives them time to slow down, process and be smart about it.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Turning Well
“For the green Thoroughbred, turning this way allows them to forgo speed and antics. It allows them to be ridden forward in front of your leg and complete the circles, squares, figure-eights, whatever is asked without changing their pace.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Let It Go (The Inside Rein)
“A primary consequence of the inside rein is that it tips a horse onto their forelimbs and off of the hind. A knock-on set of results are that it speeds a horse up and becomes harder for the horse to come over their back, create a powerful push from behind and correct… frame.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Why Change & Chaos Are ‘Easy’
“I am proud of them for their quiet strolls around the facility, their eager walk (but willingness to stay at a walk) as we carouse through the woods. But I’m not surprised. They are Thoroughbreds, after all.” (more…)
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Bring on the Backup Plans
Horses will teach you many things … but these past two months, the learning has been this: you’ll always need a backup plan (or like 47 of them). (more…)
