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Horse Tip Daily 261 – Reese Koffler-Stanfield on Showing vs. Training

August 11, 2010
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Reese Koffler-Stanfield is a International Dressage Rider and an up and coming star in the United States dressage world. She shares her insights on showing versus training. Listen in.

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