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Meet the Boys! An introduction to Amelia’s Horses.

My mission is “Dressage for all” and I spend a lot of time making content so that I can help any rider across the globe who wants to learn. I sincerely hope that I have helped you and inspired you along your training journey! Usually, I don’t talk a lot about my 3 horses, Harvey, Kensington, and Luigi – since my main focus is on helping YOU – but in this video I share some behind the scenes info on the boys.

Here’s a few of the questions that I answer in this video:

  • What are my horse’s names and ages, and where did I get them?
  • Why did I choose each horse?
  • Which horse is my favorite to ride and what are some of their quirks?
  • And more!

Click here to watch the video.

I LOVE getting young and talented horses and training them up through the levels. It is a beautiful and challenging process that takes years and years of commitment, dedication and persistence. If you want to see exclusive videos of me training my horses and behind the scenes footage, click here to join me on Patreon where you learn what it takes to develop these beautiful creatures. My goal is to one day compete internationally and your support on Patreon would mean the world to me.

As a Patreon member you will get to:

  • Watch Harvey, as we confirm the Grand Prix moments and work on his connection.
  • Notice Kensington’s incredible gaits, as we ride the Prix St George and improve his confidence and reliability.
  • Observe Luigi, as we develop him into a solid show citizen with lots of potential.

When you join Patreon, you will get to come behind the scenes as I train young horses to the Grand Prix. Experience the thrill, as I bring you to the barn with me on my journey training Harvey, Kensington, and Luigi.

Inside Patreon I release an exclusive video each Sunday of me and my horses in training, lessons, clinics and/or at horse shows. Patreon is your chance to give back. Supporting and training horses is expensive and I need your help to reach my goal of competing internationally and sharing what I have learned. If you are willing and able, your support on Patreon would mean the world to me!

Happy Riding!

Amelia

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I'm Amelia Newcomb
At Amelia Newcomb Dressage, I work to develop a trusting and confident relationship between horse and rider. I draw on theories from both natural horsemanship and classical dressage, creating a holistic training approach that adapts to the unique needs of each horse and rider.
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I want to thank Amelia from the bottom of my heart for creating this group and learning module for us. I've followed your suggestions religiously even when it felt like we were hitting a wall at times. Finally, it all came through, all at once! I never thought I'd get a connection and have such light hands in the left lead canter, and yesterday we pulled off a 7 in left canter and an 8.5 in right canter in our WDAA Basic 1 test, with a total score of 67.3!
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Holy Moly. I just learned that I earned 1st place at Training 1 with 5 entries in the class in a virtual show. I received a 65.00. Wow. This is starting to work. Thank you Amelia. Thank you supportive new friends. I encourage you all to try virtual shows. I have tried Greystone, Lower Puget Sound and Oregon. Very helpful for building confidence. I really support this idea. It works like this: you ride at home, send in your video, and then you receive your test with judge comments and your ribbon in the mail. See you all in Strides!!
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We see and feel the difference!! Thank you Amelia for this difficult but very helpful program. Our #1 issue was giraffe head in transitions. Downward as well as up. Don't look at my position, I was giving everything to the aids for him to maintain roundness in the trans. Now it will be time to work on our position more!
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I can't stop making progress, thanks to this awesome program. Today my horse and I could do the counter canter on both hands on the first attempt without our trainer.. Thank you so much for explaining my missing parts! I have to wait until tomorrow, 8 hours of time difference, to see who is the lucky one, but I think we are all lucky to join this incredible program!!
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