I absolutely love my Spandits shorts and the company selected my photo for their “weekly spotlight athlete”. Better view of the print: The shorts pictured are the longer “boardie” length shorts that I asked for a *side pocket on. They are comfortable, stay in place, and make me feel athletic and strong. I haven’t tried riding […] more

I am a notoriously bad taper-er. For those of you that need help visualizing what a taper feels like, it’s a lot like being *pregnant. Enough that I took a preg test (it was negative. Thank God. ). You have yet to truly live a taper here on the blog because the last time I actually trained and tapered […] more

I rarely have more time to work more than one horse in a day and so when it’s time to pull out a pony I’m faced with a choice. Farley or MerryLegs? I’ve finally let go of this notion of which horse should be worked, or needs the work. Instead I take out whichever pony I want […] more

I have no wish to run this race ever, but I might want to crew it so I nominate one of my lucky readers to go and qualify and train and get into Badwater. Deal? Pretty sure given enough time we could come up with a similar and hilarious list of bizarre ways we have […] more

It’s time for a post where I talk about ideas that have been hanging around in my blog post draft file, but will probably never ever be fluffed out into actual posts. So instead *you* get a numbered list and get to delete them out of my draft folder as “officially covered”. Enjoy! 1. Glow […] more

Saddles and pads, shoes and socks! If it was $100 to find the cinderella slipper for my horse would I spend it? Absolutely. When it comes to my horse I’m willing to experiment with my saddle and pad combinations and make perfect with attention to exquisite detail. I try different sizes, sit in different saddles […] more