Aubrey Graham
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Clarify the Post
“[T]he rider needs to determine the metronome beat they want and then become it. Using the post to quietly insist on an even rhythm allows the horse to settle into the other asks …” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Disney and the Inside Rein
“… in order to get the outside rein to do its job, I often have to ask riders to let go of their inside rein and use it to guide not to direct.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Color Politics
“Thoroughbreds, according to the color Karens, can be bay, chestnut, gray, brown and sometimes maybe even true black. The rest? Must be a sham.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Nixing the Stop
This week’s article focuses on keeping your horse moving forward “over or through” the fences. Read on for →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Slowing the Rush
“Sometimes pure joy & enthusiasm are possible causes of rushing, but often it is a lack of confidence →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: 8 Tips for Getting the Correct Lead
“Despite the consistency of the shape and direction of the tracks in this country, American Thoroughbreds run on →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: My Current “Get Jumping” Setup
“The trick to working with both ‘cozy’ spaces and young, never-jumped-before Thoroughbreds is a combination of single fences →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Categories of Hot
“There’s the expectation that Thoroughbreds are ‘hot.’ OK, fine… kinda. The thing is, ‘hot’ gets us to one →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Confidence With Unpredictability
“The fear of getting hurt isn’t always something you can just get someone to kick on through, no →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Saddle Time
“[S]ometimes what the horse needs gets lost to the cultural expectations of what makes up a proper ride.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Best Arena For Restarting Your Thoroughbred
“Let’s start with the fact that if you have an arena of any shape or size, you’re already →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Cheers to Thoroughbreds (and Being Less Broke)
“[G]o ride, remember why we choose to swing a leg over a 1200lb prey animal, and embrace the →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: 10 Things Your Thoroughbred Wants for Christmas
“I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, Only a hippopotamus will do…” Okay, your OTTB probably doesn’t want a →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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.” →
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.” →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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… →
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 →