Category: Equine Endurance
Universe versus Mel
| November 10, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
Let me tell you about how the universe took my weak-human plans and mopped the floor with me yesterday. As part of my new “improved winter mental health plan” about two months ago I sat down with my clinics and planned mid-week days off November through the end of February. Approximately every other Thursday I […] more
What is between you and the horse….
| August 16, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
….actually matters. Yes yes yes, I learned the lesson that a saddle that fits the horse still doesn’t fit if it’s dismal for the rider in Tevis 2013 when I DNF’ed due to rubbing a hole the size of my palm in my horses back… …because I had to hold myself up in the saddle […] more
…And all the kings horses couldn’t put it back together again
| June 29, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
….So we had to have surgery. Here’s part 1 of the story. The Adhere patch was placed on Tuesday, and by Friday it had failed and the hoof flap had further destabilized. After much angsting and debating and scheming I faced the facts. I could stabilize the flap inside of a glue on boot and […] more
Putting Humpty-Dumpty back together
| June 22, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Hoof trimming |
For the last 10 years this is what Farley’s right hind has looked like. The picture was taken from this post on my trimming method, because as you will see, it no longer looks like this. Specifically, the medial (inside) heel which is on the left of the picture. See how in the picture you can […] more
Observations from the vet line
| June 15, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
Last weekend I had the pleasure of vetting another endurance ride. I would be hard pressed to decide what I enjoyed more – vetting or riding. Both are rewarding, hard work, long days, and come with lessons learned. Oh yes, I learn as much from working the vet line all day as I do out […] more
Trailer tack room organization
| April 26, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Trailer |
The most important part of this post is where you don’t laugh at my “ingenuity” – i.e. red-neck git’er done technique – of creating horse trailer organization. I haven’t yet summoned up the courage to show my husband. Several months ago he replaced the flooring in the tack room – pulled up the old carpet, carefully scraped […] more
An Honest Assessment
| April 18, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Training journal, Ultra Running |
When it’s raining (again) and you can’t get on the trails, there are two choices: eat brownies or think too hard about what is a very simple sport (get on trail, go far). I’ve written about conditioning plans and why it’s so essential to not blindly follow a generic x weeks to get to x […] more
