This is part 1 of a series of posts describing Farley’s meltdown, her comeback, and my thoughts on time off The point of this post is not to ask for advice, although if you have an insight to share you are absolutely welcomed to do so. This post segment having a near *perfect* horse with […] more

If you have a few extra moments today, check out this post here. It’s a very candid post about going barefoot, making the best decision for the horse, and analyzing where things may have gone wrong. I throughly enjoyed it. more

At my last lesson I discovered the power of the sitting trot. Throughout this journey of learning to ride, there have been some revolutionary breakthroughs. So far mine have included: Galloping for the first time bareback and not falling offGalloping FULL out in a saddle and feeling the power of the horseRiding a collected canter […] more

Last post! So what do you think? I was suprised how a camera can distort the pictures so. Here’s the hinds. Order for all is October, Early December, before trim yesterday, after trim yesterday. Right Hind Left Hind more

Same story as the Left front. This foot has always worried me, but I’m getting OK with it. The outside doesn’t have the flares of the LF and the bottom of the foot/sole changes so fast. It’s definately in a period of transition. October and fondly remembered drier days: 2 1/2 weeks ago: Yesterday, before […] more

This next series of posts is going to be tedious for you non-horse people, or those of you that aren’t particularly enamored of horsey feet. Sorry. I feel for you….I really do…… We will start with the Left front. This foot has a tendancy to grow lots and lots of heel. For reference, this is […] more

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