This post is an incredibly wordy way to say I ordered a pair of renegades. In my previous post, there’s a picture of the hoof stand my very talented younger brother welded for me on Saturday. It works WONDERFULLY. I’m thinking of painting it, but probably won’t get around to it. Which brings me to […] more

Warning – this is going to be LONG…. I took my sister camping over the weekend. (see her blog on the right). It was fun. I took the opportunity to go hiking over the same trails I ride my horses on. WOW! No wonder they are all sweaty 🙂 We went to Livermore Del Valle. […] more

Last weekend I had a delightful trail ride with family, attended a surprise birthday party for a relative, and planned my riding lesson schedule (with horsemasters, through US Pony Club). It was a lot for one weekend (and a 3 hour drive with the trailer to get there) and it’s just today I have started […] more

I’m in training for work for the next couple of days, so it will be quiet.  I had a great weekend.  I saw family, got to go trail riding, and planned riding lessons for the year.  I got some VVMarchMadness miles in with Minx.  I’ll give a report later this week, but I couldn’t resist […] more

I thought this had posted last week, but apparently it didn’t! I found a list sure to make you laugh: http://manker.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/you-might-just-be-an-endurance-rider/ (update: Oct 2014 the blog in the link above appears to have dissapeared or be suspended by WordPress :(.  Huge bummer. If someone is able to find the info archived somewhere let me know […] more

It seems the top 3 lameness’s that people have experienced are tendon related, muscle related, or stone bruised. This is interesting because of those three, I have only had tendon related injuries (specifically superficial digital flexor). I am suprised that no one specifically chose suspensories. During rides, especially sandy ones, I see horses pulled for […] more