Kirsten Farris
Published 11/23/2011 - 9:37 a.m. CDT
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If you are one of the road warriors who feel like you are burning the candle at both ends and running out of wick, Kirsten Farris has a few things to consider as you are recovering from this year, and planning out 2012.
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There has been a running joke in our house about
the hours
spent watching horse shows online for
the last 5 weeks. I think about how long trainers
and
horses have been on the road, knowing about
the stress of competition, the
long hours and odd
schedules that they keep.
All that has me
wondering…
Rating: 14
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Published 10/13/2011 - 8:16 a.m. CDT
Certified Sport Consultant,
Kirsten Farris, has written on
numerous topics for
GoHorseShow.com. With
the added stress of the
Congress, APHA and AQHA World
Shows, the relationship
between Trainer and Client
will most likely be tested.
Farris believes that the
relationship between riders
and trainers is similar to a
marriage. Hear each side
of the story from a fictitious
Client and Trainer and then
from the "Marriage" Counselor.
Rating: 31
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Published 09/08/2011 - 10:30 a.m. CDT
Last November, I had the
opportunity to show my horse,
Lyles Al Lie, at the World
Show in Amateur Hunter Under
Saddle. If you are short
on time, or don’t dwell on the
past, I can quickly summarize
it for you--I choked in the
finals. After the finals
in 2010, I vowed to myself, my
family that I would learn from
that experience.
Rating: 29
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Published 01/13/2011 - 6:13 a.m. CDT
If I had a dollar for every
time a client asked me how
they
could get their lost
confidence back, I would be
sitting on a beach in Tahiti
instead of writing this
article. Most people seem to
think that confidence is
all
or none; you have it or you
don’t. Once you understand
what confidence
really is,
you can create it any time you
want, which beats trying to
find
something that was not
really lost in the first
place.
Rating: 20
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Published 11/20/2010 - 11:44 p.m. CDT
I had the incredible
opportunity to show
my horse,
Lyles Al Lie, at the AQHA
World Championship Show in
Amateur Hunter Under
Saddle.
The
one and only time I
showed in Oklahoma City at the
World Show was in 1993, when
Beanie Babies were launched
and the cost of a gallon of
gas was $1.16. Almost 20 years
later, the one thing
that
hasn’t changed is the feeling
that the World Show is a big
deal, and
everybody wants to
have a great ride and do
well.
Rating: 44
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Published 09/08/2010 - 8:48 a.m. CDT
I have been following
Cracky’s career since Jessica
Johnson won the All Around
Amateur at the AQHA
World
Show in 2009. This is the
perspective from someone who
brought a lucky troll doll to
their
very first Quarter
Horse Congress and I won three
classes that year. The
question is, “Was it me, or
the troll that did the
winning? I never gave it much
thought, so I decided to
dig
a little deeper and find out
more about the Cracky
Effect.
Rating: 13
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Published 08/09/2010 - 7:43 a.m. CDT
A Monday Morning Quarterback
is traditionally someone who
after the event, offers advice
or criticism concerning
decisions made by
others. In this case,
however, GoHorseShow.com
contributor and Sport
Consultant, Kirsten Farris of
The Equestrian Athlete,
praises 2010 AQHYA World
Champion Carey Nowacek and
observes why her pre-game
strategy put her on top.
Rating: 24
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Published 07/28/2010 - 9:42 a.m. CDT
You put thousands of miles on your truck and trailer to get qualified and now you are sitting in the chute waiting to start your pattern at the World Show. You have a few seconds before the person in front of you finishes their pattern. They finish, the crowd starts clapping, and then it gets quiet. The judges nod, you hear your name and you start your pattern…
Rating: 29
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Published 06/09/2010 - 12:56 p.m. CDT
As
summer approaches there
are so many things to look
forward to, the
longer days,
warmer weather and all the
different Youth World
Championships for each
breed.
As temperatures rise,
sometimes the stress and
pressure of competition
will
have tempers flaring up
faster than a Johnsonville
Brat on a charcoal
grill.
Here’s a newsflash - it
doesn’t have to be that way!
Rating: 50
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