I've had a fun few weeks with Berry. Springtime meant she had to go into season. But, before that happened, I was happily having a lesson on her and discovered my trailer ramp handles were broken. The trailer had to be fixed, so that meant I couldn't go anywhere for a while. While that stunk, I did[...]
From the author of the acclaimed best seller, Fifty Shades of Bay, and such inspirational posts as I Have a Love/Hate Relationship With Horse Movies, comes a poetry debut of such depth and beauty, you may literally cry in your seat. An Equestrian Life presents: An Ode to Smart-Ass Little Pony[...]
Continuing on with Mary Flood's Clinic, we talked about working the horse next. The first part, Rider Position, is here. I think the majority of us lunge our horses, or at least at some point lunged our horses. I learned just from watching my trainer lunge a few times, and then being handed a whi[...]
This past weekend, I went to a Lunging and Long Lining Clinic taught by my dressage trainer Mary Flood. Mary has all three of her USDF Medals, and was on the USET Long List, and competed in the 1992 Olympic Screening Trials. She's also just a cool, cool lady. I will admit that I haven't taken a d[...]
I went to a clinic at my dressage trainer's this weekend, and before the clinic was a woman riding her beautiful horse. She getting a mini lesson from her, and making me wish I was more diligent about taking dressage lessons...or even practicing dressage. Of course, I took tons of photos so I could[...]
I was given a whole sackful of Effol and Effax products at the Boyd Martin clinic I attended. Up until I started writing this, I thought it was all the same brand name, despite the fact that I kept calling it by whatever product I was holding at the time (I was wondering why I seemed to keep getting[...]
Welcome back to part 2 of my World Class Grooming overview!! Part One can be found here. As I said before, this clinic is super informative and well worth it. Here's just a few more tidbits of the day. Clipping As you may vaguely remember, and I remember vividly, my horse had a really, really b[...]
I'm on a clinic attending spree, and attended another one this past weekend. Inspired by the fact I truly am the worst at grooming my horses, I decided to attend a clinic from the co-author of World Class Grooming, Cat Hill. The clinic was set up by my new riding club, Tri-State Riding Club, and whi[...]
I don't normally round pen. In fact, I can say that I have never round penned any horse ever. I've watched round penning, and I've had friends who round penned, but I have never touched a round pen. (I'm feeling like an anti-drug campaign... don't give into peer pressure and round pen, kids.) Exc[...]
Pony Man is back from training. He was gone for a bit over 90 days, and it flew by. He left as a boy, and has returned a man. Now, he is ready to do great things. He had quite the adventure at his trainer's barn, and he did get to spend a little bit of time saying goodbye to the other horses.[...]