Aubrey Graham
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Your Horse Is a Croissant
“The idea is pretty simple — a horse that is not entirely straight (what horse ever really is???) generally lines up in a crescent of some variation from nose to tail.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Timelines and Expectations
“… there isn’t any set timeline. [Horses], apparently like this year’s spring, take their time if they need it. And if they don’t — that’s great too.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: To Cookie or Not to Cookie
“…for Thoroughbreds, treats are an interesting thing. For many, what they know about treats depends on how they were raised on the race farm and how kind their trainer was at the track.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Good Buyer
“Some of these humans — those who buy, board, ride and compete these horses — are fantastic. Many, well … no so much. In the world of selling/rehoming Thoroughbreds, I have the chance to encounter the fullness of that human spectrum.” →
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 →
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 →
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. →
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 →