By the request of Endurance Granny, I’m diving in deeper into how to use the arena to prepare the horse! Bromiley spends several chapters explaining exercise, muscle functions, and considerations when approaching both rider and equine fitness. What’s interesting is that while Tom Ivers (ti for the rest of this document) stresses specificity in equine […] more

For those of you that just absolutely do not have enough to read already…..I have a guest post up over at Food Adventures Etc. (if link doesn’t work, it’s listed in my sidebar) more

Let’s review the advice I got from y’all when I posted yesterday about an upcoming cattle experience.   “When the cow charges you, before you dissolve into a fearful pool of jelly, slip your foot out of the stirrup to kick the cow in the face”.   “Remember – Arabs aren’t good at this”   […] more

I am going to a cowhorse reining clinic tomorrow. On Farley. Yep – we are going to learn all sorts of things like “boxing a cow”, running something down a fence, sorting something else, and somehow through of all of this accomplishing my real goals: Have fun Give Farley some cow experience, so when a […] more

One of my favorite phrases in the book is on the prep of the rider versus the horse. Because of the physiological differences between humans and horses, their conditioning programs will be very different. It is a “…true art to to prepare both, then bring them together to perform as a team.” Beautiful….. There is […] more

A bonus post today since part 4 was so short! Speed training is done ONLY after the long slow distance (LSD) is completed. Fartleks versus IntervalsBromiley does describe some interval training (not as in depth as Tom Iver’s books), however seems to favor Fartlek workouts. She states that some horses don’t do well in interval […] more