Stu is a dominant horse. It took me a surprisingly long time to realize this. There were many times I made excuses for his behavior. He’s a little bit slow, he doesn’t understand what I want, etc. etc. But what actually is taking place is he just doesn’t want to do it. He’s incredibly lazy, […]
I mentioned the other day that a new horse movie has been released, the sequel to a movie I posted about many years ago. Well, as one of the benefits of being “media” (yes, that’s me), I got a screener of it. Next time, start a horse blog, review horse movies, hope for a sequel […]
A word from my friends at breeches.com – Yeah, you read that right. We’ve all had those couple of days where you’re just done. With everything. You’re struggling with the next dressage test, or screwing up distances, you’ve been coming home super late every night from going to the barn after work. Even things we […]
The Mystery of the Stump I went into my pasture and discovered that a stump has been ripped up and moved several feet. That stump has been here nearly as long as I’ve been here, as the tree fell over the first year I was here. I guess technically it’s been here longer, since even […]
My deck overlooks my pasture, and I’ve been wanting to experiment with getting overhead photos of the horses. One day the horses were hanging out by the deck so I seized my chance. While I didn’t get exactly what I was looking for, I love their reactions. Pony took the opportunity to show Stu that […]
Many places across the US are opening back up for business, which is great for those who have been starved of horse contact. Naturally, this is the perfect time to get lots of photos of your equine friend. But, of course you get lots of pictures of your horse. Everyone does. It wouldn’t be normal […]
Over the weekend the temperatures dropped down to freezing. In case you forgot the date due to living in this groundhog day situation, it’s May now. Gold Cup would have been on Saturday, a day when we usually all don summer dresses and stand outside in the sunshine (also sometimes the rain.) But the point […]
I’ve really condensed the name of these now. It’s better this way. My New Scheme I got on Berry the other day, but I got way too into my own head and got scared. A lot of this stemmed from feeling very insecure in my leg. I was thinking about how I could get a […]
International Velvet is the sequel to National Velvet, an adorable old film about a girl who races her horse in the Grand National. I loved National Velvet – part of that is nostalgia to watching it as a kid, and part of it is that it’s just a good movie! After recently re-watching National Velvet […]
It’s that time of year, when I finally tack up the horse, make a sad attempt at riding, and then don’t pick up the reins again for another year. I kid, I actually do want to ride again. I met a random stranger walking on the road who offered to show me the trails, which […]