I had been taking lessons from Kirsten for several years before buying a "project" mare to train and resell. She was very young and green. Riding her was like riding a drunk but figured she just needed to learn to follow my focus, but instead she became more irritable the more I worked with her. She started rearing, aiming kicks toward me, and doing this buck with a twist thing on-line and pinning her ears and crow hopping under saddle. Kirsten was able to show me this apparent aggressive behavior was actually a result of her being unconfident and unbalanced. Now I have a very athletic and playful mare who is rather enjoyable to ride, although still green. I would have never thought she would turn into the floppy-eared, relaxed mare I now have to ride.

Kelly Cranford
Palm City, Florida