It's hard to believe but nearly a year ago, magic happened and a classy chestnut gelding found his way from Delaware to Southern Pines t...

I've been posting running updates on Encore on the TFS Facebook page, but I wanted to talk a little about the underlying issues. I kno...

That was one of the reasons I have always loved Audrey Hepburn's classic Roman Holiday :  there is no perfect bow and there is no closur...

But before the question, I have some gleeful news to share: I rode Encore last night in the arena and he was SOUND AND FRISKY AT W/T/C!  I...

SprinklerBandit wrote this in the last posts' comments and I had to steal it because it was hilarious, yet so apt.  I cannot think of a...

It is hard when great joy and soul-wrenching grief co-exist in your heart.  On one hand, a person I love deeply is gravely ill and it will b...

My entire body and brain is tired, but I promise many media are coming.  There are photos to be cropped and videos to be uploaded and it all...

Well, actually it was a chilly and windy day, but close enough.  I'm short on time, but I'm going to give the rundown of our very, h...

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 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...

I was directed by an acquaintence to a video that is part of the Retired Racehorse Training Challenge that I posted about here .  By the wa...

It's no secret I'm a firm believer that an event horse MUST NOT be an arena baby.  They need to learn balance on uneven terrain, sur...

You may not know who Steuart Pittman is, but let me introduce you.  He owns and runs his family's farm, Dodon Farm , which dates back to...

Warning:  longest blog post in history commences. One of the exciting things about bringing home a gen-yew-wine (that's how we say it ...