I met up with Shelby a few days ago for a trek through Middleburg/Piedmont hunt territory. It could possibly be the most beautiful horse country in the world (although I am biased). Shelby knows the area very well, and took us on a little tour. Unfortunately, there was a storm cloud just sout[...]
I visited Dover's Chantilly, Virginia, tent sale on Sunday, expecting nothing but the scraps of weird sizes/colors left over. After all, the tent sale had been going on since Friday. Since I didn't look up what time it opened, I ended up getting there early, and was awarded with a free pink show shi[...]
I have discovered the most amazing riding discipline. I am shocked that I never attempted this before, because it is so amazing, I am now obsessed. Clearly since I wrote it in the title of this post, we all know that I'm talking about Polo. Next time I'll try to make it more suspenseful and dramatic[...]
After spending a small fortune on getting Vintage evaluated/treated, I was worried that it would basically do nothing, and I'd have to spend even more money to re-evaluate the issue. They weren't 100% sure what the issue was to began with, so it was kind of a "This looks like it might cause the issu[...]
Due to a few expensive bills, I've had to cut back on my lessons. I find it ironic that I had to buy stone dust to practice in my arena, and since I bought stone dust, I can't afford to ride at lessons. I blew my horsing budget with only two bills. Let this be a warning to everyone considering buyi[...]
THE LAND ROVER GREAT MEADOW INTERNATIONAL, PRESENTED BY ADEQUAN A very long name for this event, but I feel like I should include all of it. I was very excited about the Nation's Cup being so close, so I absolutely had to go. I bought the weekend pass, and I was there first thing Saturday morn[...]
One of the most exciting things that could happen, happened at my little farm. I got a delivery of stone dust. Stone dust means possibilities. It meant I could finally fill in the lost footing in my arena. It means I can level out the horse stalls, level my driveway, and fill in the area arou[...]
We have a joke in my house. Dave, the IT Expert, degree in IT, worked in IT his entire career, has magnetic fingers that short out everything electronic in our house. He did a basic update on my desktop, desktop broke and required parts replacement. Then, while casually doing nothing online, the com[...]
Back in December, I mentioned that Vintage had jumped out her stall window when I took the other horses off the property. She had some stall rest, she got a general lameness check by the vet, and she was declared pasture sound, but not sound for riding, although she was improving. It's possible if I[...]
Upperville's Hunter Derby was Saturday, and let's get the preliminaries out of the way. Despite my reminder on Instagram, no one made the deadline to request my presence in their VIP space. I'm very disappointed in everyone. Additionally, standing next to the entrance of the VIP tent and looki[...]