Encore had an excellent lesson with our beloved David O. this morning and I am busy downloading and uploading and sideloading our videos!...

That's right, baby Flying Solo is back in business and got the seal of approval from David last Saturday at our lesson.  I had hauled En...

It was madness on Friday.  Dashing 100 miles from our last field site of the day home, changing bags, changing trucks, only to dash again to...

Encore looked at me like I was crazy.  You put me on the trailer, we drive 5 minutes, you take me off.  I run around for a while, you put me...

I had a lot to think about as I drove....around the corner.  As I mentioned, Ryan had graciously offered Encore and I berth at the little f...

I needed an intervention.  I was getting all tangled up in my head.  Encore would warm up lovely and soft and compliant and rhythmic and the...

As projected, Encore and I did indeed meet with David on Saturday; Encore's first stadium jumping lesson and his introduction to David&#...

That's right, it's YOUR turn to giggle in sadistic glee while someone else has to do two-point sans stirrups. This week was the ...

Owwwww. No, I didn't fall off again. Damn, I hate that I have to put "again" at the end of that sentence. The cloud of &qu...

Crazy:   We had a XC lesson scheduled today with David O. down in Southern Pines.  The plan was to ride with BO in the big farm trailer.  E...

I confess to weariness after a long week and a busy weekend.  My boss and I ran a three day fish meeting in the mountains and that was enoug...

Encore finally got to meet Priscilla and her dressage magic this weekend.  For the first time, I was actually able to capture his mind on t...

Saturday is a local unrecognized CT. Which will also be our first foray into Training Level. My plan was to use it as a perfect prep for V...

Sadly, no, not that kind. Friday was a busy day. Solo and I met with P to review the Training Level dressage test we'll be doing ...

I stopped by the local post office.  Which means our three lucky contest winners , Braffie, molly, and sumaclab, will be receiving an exciti...

Ok, I might have been a big meanie and lied to you yesterday. But I can't resist a good prank. Life is too short to take things serio...

Our sights are fixed on Longleaf Pines HT.  There are four and a half weeks between now and then.  OMG, THERE ARE FOUR AND A HALF WEEKS BETW...

Saturday was jump lesson day.  Blowing snow be damned. Solo is not an easy horse to jump, or should I say, jump well at height; he does no...

This year, our Area II (DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA) Adult Rider coordinator came up with the idea of contacting eventing instructors and asking...

P came out yesterday to check on our dressage progress. Neither of us can stop remarking how different he is than the horse I sat on a year...