Greetings!
I often think about the great horses I had the privilege to ride in International competitions, and I regret that at the time, I did not have the knowledge to lead them to better results and a sounder career. I am glad that Chazot did not come to me earlier in my life. He is extremely challenging, and without the lessons that I have learned from other talented horses, and the insights of modern equine research studies, I would not be able to resolve the problems that I face in his daily training.
The psychological aspect of his education can be compared to an educator's attempt to convert a rebellious child to a good student. The mental challenge lies in leading a brain that is saturated with protective reflex contractions and painful memories toward a sound coordination of the horse's physique. The physical question includes an analysis of the horse morphology, muscle imbalance, and points of strength and weaknesses. A prescriptive gymnastic program is then formulated.
The making of Chazot demands the best of both: the wisdom of centuries and the insights of modern science. Since we regularly document his work on video recording, the "Making of Chazot" is an authentic document, immensely educative, greatly inspiring and in some instances, quite entertaining.
Jean Luc Cornille
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The Making of Chazot
 There are very good programs today that guide the newfound owners of thoroughbred race horses through the delicate task of introducing them to their second career. Problems often arise with conventional equestrian education, which emphasizes the "clever manipulation of reward and punishment". This approach does not take into consideration the imprint left in the horse's mind from their experience on the race track. The wounds are real and influence the way the thoroughbred horse processes mentally.
This is true for all breeds of horses. The reeducation process is always hampered by the presence of bad memories that will be reawakened by any signal of near resonance. As long as training philosophies do not take a resolutely new direction, horses will protect themselves from a new type of submission the same way they survived previous submissive techniques.
Thoroughbreds do not submit well, but they excel in partnership. So do most horses. Given a chance, horses perform willingly. They even take pertinent initiatives. The chance they need is a great leader. Jim Collins (Good to Great) distinguishes good leaders who select skilled partners and submit their partner to their views and great leaders who also select talented partners but adjust their views to the greater benefit of their partner's talent.
"Leaders don't force people to follow; they invite them on a journey." (Charles S. Lauer) Every training technique claims to invite the horse into a journey, yet starts with thesubmission to the rider's aids. The physical coordination that allows the horse to perform soundly and at its full potential demands more sophistication than does the submission to the rider's aids. There are 183 synovial articulations in the horse's vertebral column. The subtle and simultaneous coordination of these many articulations is controlled by the horse's central nervous system, the brain. Such coordination can be guided by another brain, the rider's brain. Leading the horse toward soundness and success can be achieved while engaging and respecting the horse's intelligence.
One may say, yes but, when you start a young horse... This program is about starting a young horse and gives him a chance to perform soundly and at his full potential. The horse education from A to Z is segmented into DVDs. The first one is "The Making of Chazot", DVD (A). The last one will be "The Making of Chazot, DVD (Z).
We are particularly happy to introduce the first available DVD
The video will be ready in a few weeks, order now you will save $10.00 Special price $30. plus shipping. Normal price in July $40.00 plus shipping
 The first DVD table of contents
The rearing issue (mental frenzy). - Gravity of the situation
Working Hypothesis
Execution (how we resolved the problem.)
- The work in hand, - Introduction
- Psychology
- Expectations
- Execution
- Progresses
- The lunge work, - We have voluntarily reduced the lunge work to the minimum. There are side effects associated with the lunge work that induce abnormal stresses on the limbs and vertebral column.
- Under the saddle, - Educating the biomechanics of the horse's vertebral column.
- Introductory level. - Practical application of the lessons learned in hand.
- The horse's natural cadence
- Cervico-thoracic flexion
Any time one wants to assist an animal with living in a human world we must first understand how that animal thinks, learns and physically functions - "The Making of Chazot" looks to be the beginning of what will, in future, be referred to as the bible on this subject. Free of domination/submission roles and with surpreme knowledge and compassion JL Cornille is re-writing "the book" on proper techniques for schooling not only TBs but all horses. Cannot wait to start my library with this amazingly comprehensive information. So glad to have it available. Susan Hopf
As the joke goes about infants: "appliances come with instruction books, but not babies", so it goes for the equestrian with a horse that needs re-training. That is, until now. Thank heavens Jean Luc has written a virtual manual for those horse-lovers with a 'project'. My first horse was an 'off the track thoroughbred' and I wish that I could go back in time with the benefit of this DVD to do him justice with a kind, science-based system of training. This work, drawn from his life-work with horses, is a gift to all serious and caring equestrians who seek to 'do right' by a horse in training. It offers a manual from the ground up. At last!!! Carolyn Sanchez
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The Side Effects of Lungeing
Even the most benign medication does have side effects. Aspirin for instance, may upset one's stomach. Curiously, while a profuse literature promotes the advantages of lungeing, no one ever addresses the negative effects. It is evidently safer to have a horse bucking excessive energy at the end of the lunge line. However, the damages created by extended lungeing sessions are severe and definitively need to be exposed.
Informative, clear and factual, the study exposes from the fetlocks joints all the way to the vertebral column structure, the stresses induced on limbs joints and vertebrae by the exercise of lunging.
Two versions are currently proposed.
- A PDF file that can be downloaded on your computer, presents the study without animation and video.
- A CD, which is a power plant presentation, ends with a video showing a lunging technique that reduces the stresses induced on the horse's vertebral column and limbs joints. This technique is inspired from ACADEMIC EQUITATION, (General Decarpentry)
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A Basa Mystery by Susan Hopf
To unravel the mystery of that which is horse is the ultimate experience for those that work with the big beasts. I have had many such experiences that have led to a variety of epiphanies during my long years with horses but believe that I have now witnessed one for the books.
Basa, my TB mare and a rather troubled soul, has been the subject of a series of articles (the first few of which are linked below) that have recanted just how difficult it can be to reclaim a horse after she has spent time on the track. These animals, in my humble opinion, are raced too young which breaks them down mentally and physically. This mare could be the poster-horse for such declarations against current track policies. Her body has proven to be damaged, perhaps beyond repair, and the pain that this has caused her has created dangerous defensive behaviors that almost brought her life to an end before dealing with her put my life at further risk - luckily for both of us that decision has been delayed many times and we are moving past such thoughts.
We have, over the course of two years, slowly made progress with both her mental and physical healing. She has accepted me as a friend and caregiver and has recently begun to accept other
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Editor Helyn Cornille
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Cristobal Castro
| Cristobal Castro,located in Reddick/Ocala, Florida specialize in blacksmith and shoeing horses. ACF American Certified Farrier
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Cristobal is Chazot and Manny's farrier. SOM highly recommends him!
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