Jackie Barr
Happy November and goodbye to another year of the Thoroughbred Makeover! Congratulations to all of my fellow competitors and a big thank you to everyone who made it such a wonderful event. It’s...
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Posted November 14th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Making Big Strides in Magical Month
September is always my favorite month of the year. It helps that it’s my birth month, but I always find something magical about the leaves changing and a cool breeze finally making its way to the...
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Posted September 13th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: ‘Pulling Out All the Stops’ with Finnick the Fierce
“Did you experience any events that caused a significant setback in your training plans?”
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Posted August 8th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Importance of Consistency With Finnick the Fierce
The goal for this month with Finnick the Fierce has been consistency and intention. He and I found ourselves aimlessly wandering around the farm with no real goal in mind, other than actually...
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Posted July 12th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Getting Through the Rough Patches and Building Trust
I was a freshman in high school when I fell off of my first rearing horse. The image of the mare on her hind legs in front of me, with my butt in the sand is seared into my brain: deep in the...
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Posted June 15th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Understanding the Importance of Small Victories
My first draft of this blog started with the sentence, “Comparison is the thief of joy, or so it has been explained to me.” I’m surprised how often I have had to remind myself of that over the last...
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Posted May 10th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Ground Work With Finnick and Help in Healing
The first time I got myself back in the saddle after a year was the day I recorded my Thoroughbred Makeover trainer application video. The second was the same night on a different horse. The third?...
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Posted April 12th, 2022 ·
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: The Start of Something Special With Finnick the Fierce
The day before Thanksgiving my cell phone started blowing up with messages from my group chat. This wasn’t out of the ordinary because me and my three closest friends tend to text all day long. I...
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Posted March 14th, 2022 ·