In 1988 I was lucky enough to travel to Zambia and visit the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage with my friend Harriet Crosby. This amazing center is still active and saves animals from the bush meat trade. Harriet and I were in Kenya at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphange. In November Carolyn Bocian from the National Zoo in […]
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Listen/download the Podcast. Watch the interview: https://vimeo.com/771311193 In 1961, Linda and Went established the Pacific Coast Equestrian Research Farm and School of Horsemanship, a nine-month residential school for riding instructors, in California. The students were required to show in Western pleasure and hunter classes, achieve at least a 50 percent score in a First Level
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Went and Linda began developing their passion for endurance riding early in their marriage. The combination of their talents and determination resulted in some legendary partnerships and record breaking results.
From the legendary Tevis Cup to the Great American Horse Race; Linda’s influence in the endurance world was far reaching.
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Linda was only a teenager when she met the man who would alter the trajectory of her life forever. Wentworth Tellington was well educated, innovative, organized and brilliant; and more than two decades Linda’s senior.
The early years of marriage took them to Puerto Rico, Nevada, and California, engaging Linda’s natural gift with horses along the way and ultimately combining their talents to share their innovations and knowledge to the horse world.
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In this episode Linda recounts her early childhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as well as Yellowknife, NWT, Canada during WWII.
From rural living as a young school girl, riding her horse Trixie to school each day to becoming a suburban riding stable fixture, Linda spent a huge portion of her early life on the back of a horse.
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Linda Tellington-Jones recounts her extraordinary life.
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Dear Friends, I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season and first few days of 2022. These past 2 weeks have been a whirlwind for Roland and I, having made the big decision to move from Hawaii! We’re focused on making our home in Florida once we have organized our affairs in Hawaii.
Families come with their autistic children for The Horse Boy “Play Dates” from all over the USA and around the world. When I was there young interns from France, Italy, Canada and the UK were learning the Horse Boy Method to take back to their countries.
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The Arabian mare Bint Gulida. Born September 24, 1956 In our lifetime there are always a few people who are like a beacon for change for our personal development, awareness and attitude. For me that was my first husband, Wentworth Tellington. I learned more from him than I could have taught myself in a century.
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If there was an official adoption protocol for a canine family member, I would most definitely register our precious dog Griffin! And I expect there are many of you reading this who would join us in the process. When the Covid lockdown occurred a year ago and it appeared that we would no longer be
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On August 1st I flew from Kona, Hawaii to Tampa, Florida for cataract surgery. What I experienced can only be described as a miracle. Not only can I see without glasses, the health issue symptoms I have been suffering from for more than a year are gone: The debilitating effects of Epstein-Barr virus, leaky gut,
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