(“Her students say that one lesson with Wendy is like 10 lessons with any ordinary riding instructor.”)

If you’ve been around me for longer than the time it takes to spin out a pointless anecdote, you know I am not adverse to blatant self-promotion. But the text below is so over-the-top brazenly hyperbolic that I just had to share it. I am leaving out the instructor’s name. The fault may be less hers than her publicist’s. Read on and see if you agree with me.

Wendy Murdoch, International Riding Instructor/Clinician and founder of The Murdoch Method, is among the most skillful teachers ever encountered in any discipline anywhere. Her students say that one lesson with Wendy is like 10 lessons with any ordinary riding instructor. Wendy’s discerning eyes and depth of knowledge for equestrian correctness enables her to differentiate inherent or habitual horse body issues from current rider-induced horse issues and to address both. She spots the root cause of the training/riding problem in seconds, distills it down to the essential pieces of information that are missing in either the horse or rider’s understanding and provides clear and accurate solutions to resolve the problems. Wendy reinforces the rider’s lesson by using the horse as biofeedback until the student senses what is best for her. This gives the student a clear and accurate way to reinforce the changes on her own. The horses instinctively experiment with changes in their body resulting from Wendy’s hands-on suggestions and seek out the new, easier way of moving, which improves their responsiveness to the rider and overall performance. Wendy’s curiosity and willingness to improvise means that she can change things in one lesson that other trainers can scarcely begin to address. This is powerful because she shows her students that change can happen rapidly, not take forever. A lesson with Wendy will positively change your entire perspective on your riding and your horse forever!

So would we buy a bridge from this chick? How about just some snake oil . . .