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The Dressage Principles that I learned as a young riderare still relevant today. Over the last six decades, I havebeen fortunate to find success with many talentedhorses including Rugged Lark and many of his offspring. Oneson of Rugged Lark that was very special in the lates 1980s,shortly after Rugged Lark himself retired from the show ring andstarted breeding, was Heavy Duty Lark.Heavy Duty Lark was a horse that I learned so much from, bothon the ground and under saddle. According to Carol Harris, hewas a very special stallion prospect. I found a group of buyers forhim who were involved with the Appaloosa breeding and showing business. When he sold, he brought a hefty price which wasquite high at the time. However, he lived up to his price in theshow ring and the breeding shed. His owners trusted me to trainand show him until he earned an outstanding show record inorder to successfully retire him to the breeding shed. Using Dressage principles to build his foundation as a twoyear-old, his first AQHA World Show was in the two-year-oldWestern Pleasure! In a huge class, with more than 50 entries, hewas Reserve Champion. I was so excited to be competitive inthe Western Pleasure since it was a %u201ccowboy%u201d event. After thatWestern Pleasure took a turn, going downhill from there, quiteliterally, horses with low heads and unnatural gaits did not appeal to me or the owners I was working with, so I did not showmuch in that event again.PALM PARTNERSHIP TRAINING%u2122Building A Partnership With Your HorseHow Dressage Principles Contributeto Longevity of Horse and RiderMore Special Horses Trained With Dressage Principlesby Lynn PalmHeavy Duty Lark winning the Versatility Class at the 1998 Quarter Horse Congress.34 Arizona Horse Connection July, 2026%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl ffl%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017%u0017 %u0017ffl ffl fflfflffl fflcontinued on page 36