Category: Horsemanship
Finding the Balance of Harmony
“The closest approximation to truth
is found usually
in the mean of extreme views.”
Spring-loaded Mantra
Daily Mantra:
Blythe Miller’s Advice
Setting Your Horse Up for Every Next-Jump
Equine Inactive Side of Infinity
the. “Slow Walk”
The Equine Inactive Side of Infinity
Refers to a stagnant mental process.
Infinity expands perpetually from one point in all directions.
Example of a Horse Stuck in the Inactive Side of Infinity:
A horse who slow-walks off of the track with the intention of being near other horses who are acting-up, therefore, giving them an excuse to act-up as well.
The Horse’s Reason for Doing This:
It Is Three-Pronged
Continue reading “Equine Inactive Side of Infinity”Forget the Past
Push-on Toward Tomorrow
Work of the Warrior
Shepp’s Training Program
Which training method did Jonathan Sheppard employ?
Continue reading “Shepp’s Training Program”FGCC Tyrany
“…And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment– the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution…”
-JFK
A Letter sent to the Tyrants of the Florida Gaming Control Commission
After experiencing the abuse of power and Conduct Unbecoming by these three men:
Our office sent the following letter to the Florida Gaming Control Commission:
Law Office of Lonesome Glory Publications
February 4, 2024
RE: Case #O33B46A22Z-24
As a former Jockeys Guild member and journalist, I am dedicated to the integrity of our sport.
On or about February 2, 2024 at Tampa Bay Downs, (located at 11225 Race Track Rd N Tampa, FL 33626 United States), a thoroughbred horse owner informed me that he politely asked two men who were wearing the FGCC insignia on their shirts who they were.
The above mentioned owner informed me that the two men laughed at him “smugly,” then, walked away.
These are the two men:
Continue reading “FGCC Tyrany”Candle In The Wind
“…I would have liked to love you,
but I was just a kid…”
“Goodbye Norma Jeane
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
A Leveled-Up Experience
There are moments when an athlete experiences this:
Horse Racing in Decline
My decision to retire began on my way to the track on a horse for John Servis.
The Horse Racing Industry Is In Decline!
Continue reading “Horse Racing in Decline”Fighter’s Eye Position
Try This:
Transition
The Transition:
Look the Part To Be the Part
Works of Meditation
Horse Archetypes
Most counterproductive behaviors which racehorses exhibit are the result of being taught these behaviors by freelance exercise riders.
Leg Day
What Day Is It?
Everyday is Leg Day!
Mantra
Realm to Consider:
Master Mind
Circular Connection
Breathe-In
Moderately-Controlled
Chi Force is Earth Force
Power of Chi
Push Past that Stride
The Teaser of Fate
Reserved Mantra
“Keeping it Reserved”
“Stillness in Motion”
Jose Sameñego
Colonial Downs 2024 Racing Dates
July 11 – September 7, 2024
Colonial Downs will run
Thursday thru Saturday July 11 – September 7
Complete Mantra
Slow Vibration Down.
Chi Peace
Words of Get To Work
Now, Get To Work.
Templar Life
Inflation is a Lie.
Horses Thrive On Decisiveness.
Legend of Clermont College
“…have no relation to Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master- degrees, which were constructed for the general class of Masons. …”
Legend of Clermont College
Mike Tyson on Fear
Path of the Righteous Horseman
Shaolin Breathing Mantra
The Trick
Zero Supply
Instructions
Discipline of the Eye
Monthly Mantra
Harness Your High Energy
Spirit of Man
Some things are greater than one man to overcome by force, but no thing, or force, can overcome the Great Spirit of man.
Chip Van Hassel
Stay True
Middle Emotion
4th Amendment
Chip’s Top Horses
PRINCES OF the SYMBOLIC JERUSALEM
“man may make the woods and mountains his Churches and Temples, and worship God with a devout gratitude, and with works of charity and beneficence to his fellow-men.”
Truth
“Jewel In the Crown”
1984 Breeders’ Cup Classic
This is Not a Job
Open Sky-Ride
Appreciate The View
The Quintessential Rolling Back-take
Watch:
Observation
Monthly Mantra
Comporting One’s Self:
Advice From The Master
Electricity
Master Mind
“Chakra” Definition
“Inhibition and freedom, tension and relaxation, are the tides of the orange chakra.”
-Christopher Penczak
What is Dynamic Tension?
“Dynamic Tension is the iron wire of Kung Fu, retaining the flow of Tao, as rocks give way to water, but only over time.”
-Chip Van Hassel
To Increase Your Power, watch this short clip:
Riders’ Mantra
“Tri;s of the Hamstrings” Pushing down on Solid Horse Stance; lBouncing off of” Sacral Chakra “Bouncing” off of Root Chakra”
Eye Contact
Roper Doper Form
Never-Ending-River of Breath
“No need to block beyond the shoulders.”
—Master Brian Gray
Exercise:
Stillness of In- Breath
South Carolina Statute Regarding Equine Liability
§ 47-9-730:
“Under South Carolina law, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in an equine activity resulting from an inherent risk of equine activity, pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 9 of Title 47, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976”
Trainers Already Have Immunity and do NOT Need to Purchase Insurance for their Riders. SEE:
South Carolina Statute Title 47; Article 7, Chapter 9 “Equine Immunity”
Summary:
Continue reading “South Carolina Statute Regarding Equine Liability”Shaolin Training
Ricardo de la Riva teaches how to sweep from the de la Riva guard:
Old-School Horsemen
Cigar in the 1995 Breeders’ Cup
“…followed by Tinner’s Way and Concern is still last; three furlongs to go. CIGAR!!! Cigar Makes His Move; and he Sweeps to the lead with a dramatic rush!”
“Be Water, My Friend.”
About James Madison
example of peace(-in-action)
Shaolin Monks’ Celibacy
Expand.
The color of your Aura comes from your physical t=tension.
Ride Tightly.
Get To Work!
Sunday Silence
Employers Taking Taxes Out of Your Paycheck is a Crime!
It violates: 10 U.S. Code § 921 – Art. 121.
Larceny and wrongful appropriation
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind—
Continue reading “Employers Taking Taxes Out of Your Paycheck is a Crime!”
Color of Your Aura
Neuro-Muscle Memory
Breathe Through Tension
Tear Down That Wall!
A Dent of Deed
…”the body, the mind, the spirit,
flows as does water.”…
Racehorse On Stall-Rest
It broke my heart to leave her there!
The Answer Pits Itself In The Apple.
“…If you ask for Wisdom,
God’s words are Silence…”
Monthly Mantra
SEE: Sacral Chakra
Taxation Without Representation
“87,000 new IRS agents.
By the way, those agents will be trained to use armed force.
That can’t be good!!””
We sent a letter to one of our collogues requesting advice.
The response from our collogue was a bitter taste of the truth; supportive, inspiring, and reminding us
Rome was nether built, nor torn down in one day!
Continue reading “Taxation Without Representation”When Larceny Became, “The American Way”
Why has the American worker allowed for it’s employer to steal from it on the daily basis?
Correct Me If I Am Wrong!
You’ve Heard the Phrase Before:
Well, that is true!
When employers take taxes out of your paycheck, they are committing Larceny!
Continue reading “When Larceny Became, “The American Way””Ghost Post!
The Ghost Continues
Continue reading “Ghost Post!”“I understand. I’m sorry, and I understand; but I cannot help you.
Lemme transfer you to somebody else who understands, is sorry, but,… they won’t help you, either!”
Every Asshole on the phone
Employers Taking Taxes Out of Your Paycheck is a Crime!
“…with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use…”
It violates: 10 U.S. Code § 921 – Art. 121.
Larceny and wrongful appropriation
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind—
Continue reading “Employers Taking Taxes Out of Your Paycheck is a Crime!”
-Purple Water Chakra
Breathe-In
Moderately-Controlled
Be Peaceful.
Why We Act the Ways We Do:
Use Your Hands; Not Your Mind.
“You don’t get paid for having the idea;
you get paid for producing the Result.”
-Chip Van Hassel
Gary Vaynerchuk scrolled past this!
“LEGACY IS GREATER THAN CURRENCY.” -Gary Vaynerchuk
Where Are Fellow Poor Young Soldiers Of Christ?
Faith and Deeds
“faith…if it is not accompanied by action,
is dead.”
Unaware of Sin
It’s Important Who’s NOT Driving!
“Too Important!”
-Sit Quiet.
Trick Or Treason!
“…The change that has occurred within the racing industry is not something that is lasting.”
-Retired Journeyman, Christopher Van Hassel
I had always planned to train racehorses after I retired from my riding career, but I had not predicted that the racing business would change the ways in which it has. The change that has occurred within the racing industry is not something that is lasting. Why do I say that?
Continue reading “Trick Or Treason!”Legendary horse racing announcers share Kentucky Derby memories
Tom Durkin, Dave Johnson, Larry Collmus and Mike Battaglia share their favorite memories of calling the Kentucky Derby over the years.
Rich Strike
Demons Remain
Even though you have fought daily, constant battles (in order) to make the World a better place, the Devils are always going to be around you, taunting you, attempting to bring the Nerves-Of-God upon the brink of opening the sky.
Chip Van Hassel
Daily Focus
Week of September 25, 2022
Right Supraspinatus connected to “back” of the Triceps; to Inner Lats, pushing down to “Squeeze with Lower Leg;” (in to, “foot Triangles,”culminating in the Sacral Chakra
Dakkuan
Keep Challenging Yourself
…Mental Plateaus…
The worst plateau to reach
as an athlete
is a mental plateau.
It is difficult to
Dig out of a hole
when you do not know
you are in one.
Dakkuan
Options
“Hey, would you rather grab a rake and,… … Use it?”
Sadie Jenkins
Priceless
“I’m being Detained.”
John Danner
Lifestyle of Jeet Kune Do
If you are an athlete, you never drive to work; you’re already At work.
Riders’ Mantra
Concentrate on quick-twitch muscle movements, (for power; also, to “slow it down.”)
Success
“Success is like being pregnant; everybody says, ‘congratulations,’ but nobody knows how many times you got fucked!”
Essence of the Fellow Craft Degree
“…because their Beehive Mind has absolutely corrupted the Craft…”
The essence of the FC Degree is the ablative of means through which Masters operate.
Continue reading “Essence of the Fellow Craft Degree”Monthly Mantra
Growing the bottom part of the lower stomach chakra.
Dakkuan
The “Throat/Root/Triangle” Exercise:
“It is an Art, indeed, for it requires imagination before any physical components by deed arise to fruition.”
The throat//root chakra exercise begins the long-awaited trip
Shaolin Mind-set
“Be Water, my friend.”
“Always On.”
Bruce Lee
Racetrack Commissioners Interfere With Your Personal Life:
holidays are no longer “working days” and won’t be considered “counted” days.
(Copied and edited by Van Hassel Conditioners)
By July 1, 2022 all licensed racetrack personnel are being required to register with HISA.
End Of The Road
At times, a man must alter the expectations of himself.
Chip Van Hassel
Ribbons
I saw a girl wearing a red ribbon holding her ponytail, and I said, “Be careful; that bitch kicks!”
Daily mantra
Lower leg squeeze;
Lower Legs ‘down-and-out’ (Blythe Miller)
Pressing Down (as in horse stance) Plus Inward Dynamic Tension”
Dakkuan
Crane
Breath In to open,
expand
open the Crane left side.
Dakkuan
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano Wrote
“The time has come to nullify government interferences with personal autonomy by disregarding them, and to threaten seriously to leave and ignore the governments that hate our freedoms. If we don’t do this, make way for voluntary servitude.”
“I have been writing for years asking if we still have the U.S. Constitution. That issue has come into sharper focus in the past 18 months as mayors and governors have created dictatorial powers and exercised those powers to interfere with personal autonomy in America.
Continue reading “Judge Andrew P. Napolitano Wrote”A Day With Diogenes
by: Terry Ballard
Announcer: Good afternoon, Diogenes. In keeping with your
reputation as a non-conformist, I see that you keep your bathtub
outside of your house.
Diogenes: The bathtub is my house.
Announcer: I see. Well there must be some advantage to that.
Diogenes: Certainly. No window can give a view like this, and if
the neighborhood goes bad, I can just walk off with the house.
Vocabulary Word: “Hierophant”
Hierophant
A hierophant (Ancient Greek: ἱεροφάντης) is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy.
As such, a hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles.
The word comes from ancient Greece, where it was constructed from the combination of ta hiera (‘the holy’) and phainein (‘to show’).
Words of Wisdom
“I Don’t Think; therefore, I Ain’t.
Nancy Mills
MARK Antony
“…And men have lost their reason…”
Friends, Romans, countrymen,
lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar,not to praise him.
[I.I.I.]
The evil that men dolives after them;
The goodis oft
interred with their bones;
Caesar’s Friend and Murderer
From the Top
Click
“Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God”
Remain Ordered As Directed.
“Late one half moon night, I heard footsteps.
The sharp click of heels. Silence.
Another click. More silence.
Twenty-one footsteps.
Click.
Twenty-one seconds of silence.
Click.
Twenty-one seconds of silence.
Twenty-one more steps.
With each step, my war is over.”
Ride Free, or Die.
Being Michelle: Deaf and Autistic, Wrongfully Imprisoned!
Deaf and Denied an Interpreter in Florida State Prison
I love Michelle. And I believe her story empowers all of us to recognize our own strengths and innate abilities even when our surrounding culture and systems do not. The systems must change in the United States and globally to support everyone.
BEING MICHELLE follows the astounding journey of a deaf and disabled woman who survived incarceration under unimaginable circumstances by a system that refused to accommodate her needs as a deaf person with autism.
Continue reading “Being Michelle: Deaf and Autistic, Wrongfully Imprisoned!”Day In Dallas
“…Texas is the reason…”
A Chance to Grow
When to let Go
“I am thankful for the chances I have had to grow and will always be ready to allow others to grow.
Sometimes this means
I must let go.”
Brother Ed
None for the Weary
“I slept in my boots.”
Dakkuan
JAMES 1:2-4
“Let perseverance finish her work so you may be mature and complete.”
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
JAMES 1:2-4
Too Many Instructions
“Let Go of any reigns which are not currently in your hands!”
Expecting the Impossible
“A Trainer
Chip Van Hassel
can give
enough instructions
to paralyze the rider.”
The best way to find synchronicity is to Trust,
To Allow
and to
Let Go
of any reigns which are not currently in your hands.
Many trainers expect perfection every second, every step.
Chip Van Hassel
Elephants poop in the room whilst perfection is only witnessed briefly in moments displayed as result of training and effort towards the delayed gratification of raising to the next degree.
Too much is too much.
Perfection occurs
Chip Van Hassel
only
throughout humble circumstance.
“Mission Accomplished”
“We don’t need guns to stand for Freedom.”
“Peace is so simple in philosophy and motive, it therefore stands as mankind’s Ultimate Goal.
What is stopping each individual man from acting-out that goal on the day he is called to go to war?
Who is empowering the jailors to jail the man who refuses to wage war?
What single man is the jailor?”
Chip Van Hassel
Yearly mantra
Strength circulates From the Re-chamber.
Dakkuan
Power is invisible.
Muscular Tension
“Spirit is the Life-Breath. Use the soul to direct the core nerves from the inside out.”
Dakkaun
Dynamic Tension Apparatus
To Increase Your Power, watch this short clip:
Kicked in the Winners’ Circle
Play video:
If You’re not Improving Somebody Else’s Life Today, You are not making a Difference.
“Don’t let it bother you. Everyday, we wake up; and everyday it’s a choice.”
Robby Albarado
Quote:
Monthly Mantra:
“Retainer of Peace Breathing in Deeply”
Dakkuan
The Perfect Ride by Gary Stevens
The Orange Chakra
“Chakra is Sanskrit for “spinning wheel,”
referring to the spinning wheels of light within the energy body.”
-Christopher Penczak
“Inhibition and freedom, tension and relaxation, are the tides of the orange chakra.”
Christopher Penczak; The Inner Temple of Witchcraft (page 205)
Theory
Pressure exists before Mass.
Clock-Out.
My time is more valuable than your money.
Dakkuan
Do Nothing
“Take what is useful; discard what is not.”
Bruce Lee
Squeeze;… Squeeze Harder.
“The three second rule is king. In everything.”
-Dakkuan
Tornado Kick
Good execution of the tornado kick:
A lot of the time, when you land his kick, you end up on the ground, like this guy.
Thoroughbred Change
“The change that has occurred within the racing industry is not something that is lasting. Why do I say that? Because the change is in the function of racing in our culture, not our culture’s function in racing.”
Chip Van Hassel
Open Fist
“If your mind is like an open hand,
you will adapt quickly.
If your mind is closed like a fist,
you can only punch,
and you cannot climb the cliffs.
Train the mind as you train your fists:
condition them so they are not easily injured upon striking,
however, allow them to be open quickly
in order to grapple your opponent.”
Dakkuan
Instinct to Transcend
Our instincts allow us to transcend the words in our head.
Chip Van Hassel
Horse Trainer Pays our Tab
“Good time to get outta here, ’cause they’re comin’ out of their cages!”
Jeremy Gillam
Expanding Crane
Last First Breath
Each Breath is an eternity:
In Forever.
Out Forever.
Dakkuan
Neutral Mind
The beauty of not knowing neutralizes any commentary the ego might have.
Chip Van Hassel
Inward Dynamic Tension
Watch the Readiness.
Dakkuan
Condense Your Breath.
Muscular Tension is Not Controlled through Breathing.
Dakkuan
Increase your Cardiovascular Pressure and your Muscular power separately, but together.
James Lopez: Journeyman Jockey, Gentleman and Brother
Anyone would give their last dollar to James Lopez. Whenever you knew you were in his presence, that forever made you feel good. Any time I have ever thought of you, love was the only thing I could feel.
You live on
Forever and Ever.
Boots on the Ground
Building Muscle
Create the void using your imagination; then, fill it using hard work and determination.
“Mind to muscle connection“
Monthly Mantra, November
“Harness the Ebb and Flow
of Chi Power
By Harnessing the Mind.”
Daily Mantra
“Lower-Leg squeeze always pushing down through Feet”
Mantra of the Month, November, 2020
Inner Triceps push down
Motivation
Due Diligence
Being part of the battle which is the realm of the higher consciousness…
They ask,
“How do you turn it on, or keep it on?“
The answer is:’
you just do.
Dynamic Tension
Always in suspension.
Constant
When standing still, the force that holds you still is actually in constant, multi-directional motion.
Ride Tight.
Squeeze;
Hold,
Squeezing harder from there.
Dakkuan
Steps To Applying for a Racetrack Employee Occupational License
November 12, 2024
FL925184Z
DEPARTMENT: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION (DBPR)
PROFESSION: Racetrack Employee Occupational License
Steps:
Continue reading “Steps To Applying for a Racetrack Employee Occupational License”Monmouth Park Medicine
“A good beating never hurt anybody.“
Jane Cibelli
–Jane Cibelli
From An Old Notebook
I don’t remember who I wrote this one about:
I remember breathing in my boots
Dakkuan
on your barn floor.
Each suspended moment lasted more and more;
so I use that education to smell and feel right now,
this moment,
more and longer right now more.
In between the beats of a measure of the heart which never ends nor begun.
Are You Having Licensing Issues with Florida Racetracks?
If the Florida Gaming Control Commission ever denies your license for, “failure to complete an application,” … Read this!
Experience of Licensing Issues with Florida Racetracks:
1 When obtaining your license to work at Tampa Bay Downs, pay the Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) $37.25 to be fingerprinted, then, pay the FGCC $80.00 to process that application with those fingerprints.
Lonesome Glory Dies After Accident
“The horses he beat were pretty special — not many horses last like he did at that level. He was a great horse who did a lot for our whole family.”
February 26, 2002
American steeplechase legend Lonesome Glory died Feb. 25 from injuries suffered in a paddock accident at trainer Bruce Miller’s farm.
Owned by Kay Jeffords, Lonesome Glory is the only American steeplechase horse to win five Eclipse Awards (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999), and also the only American jumper to earn more than $1 million.
Continue reading “Lonesome Glory Dies After Accident”Protected: Constructive Experience
December 2, 1940:
Racehorse Conditioner, Jonathan Sheppard, is Born
Ocala Farm Ministry Blank
Protector On High
“For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.”
“From the ends of the earth I call to you,
PSALMS 61:2
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”