Or “How I sacrificed my afternoon/evening to make my horse happy.” We got a HUGE storm yesterday. Let me define huge – apartment parking lot was 4-6 inches underwater, the street was underwater, everyone on the freeway was driving 45-50 mph (very big deal – the limit is 65 and most people go 70-75), the […] more

With as many hours I logged this weekend in the saddle, you would think SOMETHING note-worthy would have happened. Nope. Nadda. Zip. In deep sand at the trot, canter, and spook the renegades stayed on, even though I haven’t gotten around to figuring out how to adjust the Velcro toe straps. Farley apparently doesn’t care […] more

Just in case my life in the blogosphere seems too good to be true, I thought I would share my last 24 hours. Life seems determined to give me long lived lessons in humility. Case in point: Biked 30 minutes to the stable last night…only to find that I had forgotten the trailer keys (they […] more

(pictured – Farley at lesson yesterday. Took the opportunity to get some condition shots. She looks fat here, but in reality she’s a 5. Would like to see her just a wee bit plumper) I’m going to need some help for all you dressage folks who may be reading this – skip to the bottom […] more

4. Do everything in rhythm to the horse. Seems kind of obvious huh? Oh, I knew about asking for my transitions at the right time, letting my arms move, timing the crop etc. But last night at my lesson, as I’m trying to keep my stupid right leg back, this came into focus – instead […] more

I picked up my trailer from the shop (for details of the exciting event which placed it there, read this post). Apparently the plug was very mis-wired. As I *know* (as in, I have digital pictures of before and after) I rewired the plug IDENTICAL to the old one, I guess I’m lucky that nothing […] more

On running home. First I would like to add that yesterday was NOT the first time I’ve done this with Farley, the story was only notable as it was on a trail that I tend to be very cautious on – Minx fell with me on this trail etc etc. The ride was just made […] more