I finished! Farley looked GREAT after the ride. My crew and friend, I* did all of her trot outs for me and she looked good all day. No problem with 6 loops out of camp – Farley was ready to go each time. We did miles 50-85 all by our lonesome and she was very […] more

So it’s official – I’ve bought the domain and a hosting service. I’ve muddled my way through setting up the hosting and in approximately 24 hours I’ll be able to upload……a “under construction” page at www.bootsandsaddles4mel.com that will announce to people they can return in November 2010 and see a plethora of information related to […] more

I can’t upload Pics to Blogger!  I’m SURE it has something to do with work….   Anyways, this is a test to see if I can E-MAIL a pic to the blog and have it post.  🙂  There’s always a work around.    If there’s no picture, than it didn’t work and I will be […] more

As I’m sure all of you spent your weekend anxiously awaiting news of Farley, considering the terrible storm moving through northern California. I would like to put all your fears to rest. Although she is a bit muddy, and grumpy, she is a warm-fuzzy-none shivery pony. There. Now we can move onto lesser things don’t […] more

My focus today was riding Farley forward to the connection. How much of her (very little) forward have I been inhibiting by thinking “pull” rather than “push”? The elastic, seeking connection is wonderful and mind boggling difficult to describe. When I’m riding with the correct connection, I feel as if I have an immense responsibility […] more

I’ve been decidedly good lately. And it has nothing do to with horses. *waits as approximately 3/4 of her readers leave, suddenly disinterested* I backed up my computer. For the first time EVER. In my life. My lap top was purchased in 2005. That’s positively ancient in computer years. I’ve NEVER had a problem with […] more

As I mentioned after the Comstock ride report, Farley sometimes trots out funny. And by “funny”, I mean “looks lame”. [10/21/10 update: A better word to use here is “uneven”. It’s very subtle. Tevis is the only ride I’ve gotten a request to re-trot out because of it (at Robinson) – it’s a tougher vet […] more