by shelbyolyschlager | Feb 1, 2023 | Horse Training + Education, Leadership Lessons Learnt Through Horses, Mindset
I always knew competition would show all the shadows in my life. That’s why I feel so deeply that personal development is the root and the starting point for all the external results we want to achieve; either in the arena or life in general. In the arena,...
by shelbyolyschlager | Oct 24, 2022 | Horse Training + Education, Mindset
The best Way to Let Go of Unnecessary pressure in Competition and Life Nothing grows in the energy of “should.” I have officially dropped the pressure of my results of “should” and here is how. I no longer NEED them in order to FEEL some type...
by shelbyolyschlager | Oct 24, 2022 | Horse Training + Education, Mindset
What i’m referring to is the knowledge and the insight will always improve. It will evolve just like all creation. The knowledge now will be more advanced in 10 years, maybe only in 30 days, maybe every day on a smaller scale. I went to a rider biomechanic...
by shelbyolyschlager | Aug 24, 2022 | Horse Training + Education, Leadership Lessons Learnt Through Horses, Mindset
It’s race day, the early morning sun is shining, horses are eating and all is well. We haven’t competed yet so we have nothing to be angry, upset or disappointed with. We are in a place of optimism, possibilities and potential, “yay I think I am really going to crush...
by shelbyolyschlager | Jun 24, 2022 | Horse Training + Education, Mindset
Leadership lessons learnt through horses. Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard. The path of least resistance is real. We see it all around us, from the rain running down in a stream away from our barn, to the natural ways we can train and work our...
by shelbyolyschlager | Aug 24, 2021 | Horse Training + Education
I have been thinking and questioning “What makes a great barrel?” and this is probably a question that a lot of us have. The reason we finish a turn well is because we approach it well. BUT HOW?! These are the things that I’m going to tell you that I...
by shelbyolyschlager | Nov 23, 2020 | Horse Training + Education
Horses, speed, competition and adrenaline; all things barrel racing has to offer us. Barrel racing is a times event with nothing but you, your horse and three barrels to conquer. The race is a clover leaf pattern, starting with either a left or right turn depending on...
by shelbyolyschlager | Nov 21, 2020 | Horse Training + Education
 I remember showing up to my first barrel race; a local rodeo in my hometown. I drove to the fairgrounds earlier that day to enter. I wasn’t a member of whatever organization it was, I was just some 14 year old kid who wanted to run barrels. At the time I was riding...
by shelbyolyschlager | Sep 10, 2020 | Horse Training + Education
   Do you Believe in Exhibitioning your Barrel Horse?  We Do Exbos! We feel they are a good thing. Especially if you have a hot horse that doesn’t want to slow down and concentrate on you. They are a great time to go in the...
