Archive for November, 2006

Singapore : 2006-11-17

By turftycoon On November 17, 2006 No Comments

As of posting, I don’t know the track condition.

Here are some of horse I like.

Race 1 – Clarke Quay
Race 2 – Chevron
Race 3 – Sunshine Touch
Race 5 – Royal Suit
Race 6 – Always Innocent

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Watch The Instructor

By turftycoon On November 8, 2006 No Comments

You will want to talk to the teacher. You will want to get an idea of whether the two of you can get along and how they approach their role. You can get some very valuable insight from those conversations.

However, you can learn a lot more from actually watching the teacher at work.

The proof, they say, is in the pudding. You really should take the time to watch a potential instructor work with other students in your same skill range and age bracket.

This will help you determine whether you have found the right person for the job.

An instructor who does well with kids may be less enthused or effective when working with adults. A teacher who loves to share advanced techniques with experienced riders may not have the same infectious attitude when it comes to counseling a rank amateur.

By watching people in your same situation, you

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Riding Skill Isn’t Enough

By turftycoon On November 7, 2006 No Comments

There are many spectacular riders who can dazzle us with their abilities in the saddle. These individuals are a marvel to behold and they obviously understand a great deal about horses and how to work with them.

Those skills, however, don’t communicate anything about their ability to teach others. Teaching is a unique skill, just as riding is. You can’t assume they go hand-in-hand. Horse instruction is like any other teaching field. An ability to do something doesn’t prove an ability to teach it.

Ted Williams was one of baseball’s all-time greatest hitters. As a manager, he could never field a winning team.

Many genius engineers and mathematicians, people responsible for some great scientific advances, were despised as classroom teachers.

Meanwhile, some of the world’s greatest writers and painters were taught and inspired by nameless academics who had the ability to teach but may not have had the

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