I must admit when I noticed Farley’s slick shiny summer coat starting to shed…I stuck my fingers in my ears, closed my eyes and said “lalalalalalalalalala”. I could swear her nice short summer coat had JUST come in. Is it just me or do horses spend their time more furry than less? But now, mid-September, […] more

If you own performance horses for long enough, there is only one guarantee – at some point you will experience the disappointment of forced downtime, likely at a point where you thought you were finally accomplishing something. There’s the obvious – learn from the situation, re-evaluate your management strategies yada yada yada. However, there’s another […] more

As you can guess from my lack of updates, things in my life are not exactly going well. To reassure you all…..Farley is doing tremendously good! My department recently underwent a management “reorganization”. The first thing my new manager did was to call HR, “concerned” about my cough. This was AFTER I explained that I […] more

Did I really write part 1 of this series back on August 17th? Wow! Time flies when you are having fun or…..not…. But I digress…..We are talking about those skilled athletes we call “our” endurance horses. In part 1 I mentioned that endurance horses have skill and broadly hinted that those skills do not involve […] more

….and has an appointment with the doctor at 2pm to day to confirm whether this IS or ISN’T whooping cough. Lovely eh? If this is whooping cough, I would like to personally scream at every single parent in this STUPID state who has refused to vaccinate their children against major childhood diseases, thus starting an […] more

Deb from the very-helpful-folks at Elk Grove Milling (elkgrovemilling.com) has once again shown me the benefits of dealing locally. This morning I took 3 hay samples for analysis: Alfalfa hay fed before/during tye up Grass hay fed before/during tye up Grass hay that is currently being fed The results were very interesting! They were done […] more

Farley went to the vet’s today and we did a recheck on her muscle enzymes. It’s been 2 weeks and….. …the muscle enzymes are totally normal. 137 to be exact. She looks great – the vet can’t believe how much weight she has gained in just 1 1/2 weeks of being on free choice grass. […] more