Category: Equine Endurance
ML’s first conditioning ride
| April 9, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
On Tuesday the stars aligned and I had a day off work AND sunny skies. I decided to take ML out for a trail excursion about 1 hour from home. Logically there was a ton of stuff I could have still done at home to prep. I had never ridden her outside of an arena. I had […] more
How to Back a Trailer
| March 28, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Trailer |
Backing a trailer is an essential skill as I was reminded over and over and OVER this year. Whether you have to put your trailer into a back-in only angled parking spot at the barn, make a “U” turn at a T intersection, navigate a tight ride camp, or turn around in your best friends […] more
Final 100 days of horses
| March 24, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
I decided to end my 100 days of horses challenge on the first day of Spring. My personal 100 days of horses challenge started in mid-November. One-hundred-twenty-three days in all, and in the end 60 of those days had horses. This challenge encompassed the third of a year most difficult for me and I managed to […] more
Parking Lot Ride
| March 23, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
A post shared by Mel Newton (@drmelnewton) on Mar 21, 2017 at 4:20pm PDT Not going to lie, riding the 18 year-old in endless circles around the parking lot was not how I envisioned my first day of spring ride. Epic spring rains followed by epic sunny skies made for a muddy horse that was […] more
Endurance on a Budget
| March 21, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
I haven’t been motivated to blog recently. I watch topics come and go in my editorial journal and tell myself I’ll get back to them when I quit feeling so tired and hermit-ish. Life is mentally stressful right now but the good news is that I *am* running and riding and getting plenty of trail […] more
Monday Media Q: Eating under Saddle
| March 13, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance |
Here’s this week’s Monday Media Feature: “I’m wondering how you go about training your horse to eat on the trail only when you say it’s OK. I heard that when training an endurance horse, you should encourage it to eat, but now I’ve got a little guy who nose dives whenever we’re going slow and […] more
Platinum Performance
| February 6, 2017 | Posted by Melinda under Equine Endurance, Nutrition |
As I watched Farley float across the arena I realized that I was going to have to change my long-held beliefs about nutritional supplements and feed-thru joint supplements. There’s nothing like endurance and medicine to make you eat your words, question your beliefs, and keep you humble. In January I decided to give Platinum Performance […] more
