Aubrey Graham
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Square Peg, Round Hole
“Deciding what to do with a horse is about appropriateness and fit. And that applies for both the →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: How To Stop Gripping the Go Button
“Balance means the ability to flow with what the horse tosses at you and the capacity to retain →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Confirm the Ask
“The more practiced the language of ask and confirm, the more ‘normal paced’ things can go and the →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Try and Its Anxiety
“99.99% of the Thoroughbreds I have swung a leg over respond with utter enthusiasm and a golden-retriever-like sense →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Shopping Cart Feel
“The cart idea not only keeps people from pulling, riding backwards or balancing off the bit, but also →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Crafting a “Thoroughbred-Forward” Team
“[W]hen the owner, trainer, and barn staff are Thoroughbred-forward, that’s fantastic. But it is even better if the →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Weighted, Waiting Aids
“So go ride, folks. And if your horse scoots out from under your aids, relax, weight your aids, →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: They Don’t Care If They Show
“I have to remind myself that if I’m not on top of my competition game for a couple →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Hold Don’t Pull
“Reward the try, and as the situation arises again, ask again. The half-halt through a full-body hold, allows →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Make It Predictable
“Each day, we change it up a bit … While I fully believe that keeping it interesting and →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Good Grids
“It is often the slow repetitive progression through without rider interference that helps them think and slow their →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Lifting the Core & the Ruler Metaphor
“Simply put, to ‘come over its back,’ a horse must engage its core.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Pain or Behavior?
“I imagine that, like people, there are no horses who feel no discomfort when asked to work. They →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: And The Dreaded Ulcers
We all know that horses get ulcers. The causes are wide and varied. There’s no silver bullet when →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Transitioning to Wet Feed
“I’m not going to lie, the sound of slurping humans makes me want to gag, but a barn →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: How To Get (& Keep) Them Straight
“Steering and straightness have to be created and managed, not just assumed.” →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: It’s (Not) Fine.
“Letting it be hard is hard in this industry. There is no good ability to stop. The chores →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Troubleshooting the Thoroughbred
“If you’re at an impasse, if you’re stuck… there are always other[s]… to talk to… Aim for folks →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Rider Balance and the Thoroughbred
“I spend an inordinate amount of my life thinking about what ‘works’ when riding and training Thoroughbreds … →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Develop by Allowing
“Allowing them to sort it out and to have that support … creates a space for trust to →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: Learning to Follow
“By not being in charge, I gained the perspective on how to follow — a little insight on →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: The Let Down
“… the let-down period is not a single moment that must happen immediately post track. It is a →
Thoroughbred Logic, Presented by Kentucky Performance Products: New Year’s Resolutions For/From Your Thoroughbred
Here are some key goals for — or perhaps from? — your Thoroughbred for the coming year. →
Thoroughbred Logic: Making (Productive) Accommodations
“… sometimes, getting them to understand what you want means finding creative ways to ‘make it work’ for →
Thoroughbred Logic: Getting Started Over Fences
“Positive, confident experiences are key — and not overdoing it is huge. I don’t make a big deal →