An Interview with Pan Am Medalist Tina Irwin

Tina Irwin riding Winston at the Pan Am Games 2011
(photo by Dieter Busse)

I’m guessing you’re probably a lot like me, and want to get better at riding and communicating with your horse, play a bigger game, and stretch out of your comfort zone. So, when I see someone who rides with correctness and sensitivity, and puts the best interest of the horse first, having big success on the world stage I think it lifts us all up!

Successes like these give us a model we can all learn from. That’s why I am so excited to share today’s podcast with you. In it, I interview Canadian dressage rider Tina Irwin.

Tina is a member of the Dressage Team that won the Silver Medal for Canada at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara Mexico, a feat she accomplished just six months after giving birth to her first child!

In our interview, Tina shares how she was able to get back into show-shape so quickly, some of the techniques she used to be on top of her game mentally, how every rider can start building a support team to help them in reaching their goals, and a reminder of the most important thing for all of us to focus on: enjoyment of our rides!

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