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Angie,

Thanks for the kind posts about the
APEX clinic.  We really enjoyed giving the clinic
and the eagerness of the participants
to learn.  And Super really enjoyed having 
a light and skilled  rider in your
daughter Josie.  We look forward to giving more clinics.

And thanks for emphasizing the importance
of equitation and fixing the weakest link.
I believe a large part of the success
of my horses has been their equitation training.
Drubin had 20 consectutive years of
enduarance completions.  He and I trained 
together under the watchful eye and
expert instruction of a former  major in the
Argentian calvary and Grand Prix level
rider and instrutor, Major Renom.  Jayel Super, who is
now in his 11th season,  was started
by Dr. Gail Carmona, the first person in the U.S.
 to ride an Arabian in Grand Prix
Level dressage (that was after Super bucked me
off twice in the first week under saddle!).
   The continued equitation work, that is work on 
balance, alignment, and rhythm was key
to their success.  So all of our horses and Cheryl and myself
are now training with Lisa Maxwell,
the equitation clinician af the APEX clinic.

I though it particularly noteworthy,
that John Crandell, one of the most outstanding
endurance riders in the world,  said
if he would have done one thing differently over
the last 30 years, it was to work even
more on equitation.

And both Drubin and Super would have
had short careers if we had not changed
farriers after shoeing and lameness
problems started to develop.

Money spent on the best vet, the best
farrier, and the best instructor is money well spent.

Stagg
(who is a clutz and needs all the help
he can get).
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