We have officially completed our first outing at Training Level!  It was our favourite local venue, who hosted a schooling show with a Combi...

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...

Solo's had the week off while I have been dragging boats through the mud at work.  Even while being attacked by nettles and mosquitoes, ...

After sleeping off Saturday's exhaustion, Sunday's task seemed so simple:  jump one little course and then go home.  Easy peasy, rig...

EHF poses with our first XC jump And then it was me & Solo. Two hearts pounding along with the gallop. Two sets of eyes hunting fo...

After spending all of today winching trucks up muddy hills at work and then pulling into a hotel standing in the midst of last week's No...

Or proofs, should I say.  Yes, the evidence is up!  All your favourite ridiculous faces and moments from Mr. Shiny are displayed, thanks to ...

As Friday evening staggered to a close, two things came along that vastly improved my mood. (1) Margaritas. What's not to love! (...

By the time I made it back to Solo's stall, my blood pressure had well passed healthy levels.  As I surveyed all the gear that needed to...

The warmup arena closest to my ring was on a slight slant. I knew as soon as we took our first few trot strides downhill that I should have...

How do I even begin? How do I encapsulate the ride from fury and hopelessness to joy and satisfaction? What can convey such an unexpected ...

I confess there may have been skipping. I honestly wasn't sure how our test would score. So when I checked the leaderboard, I was shoc...

Cause I know that's what you're thinking, right?  Without further ado...  Pics by mum unless otherwise noted.    Hooked up and re...

Sorry, SillyPony, we did not perform show jumping with such brilliant finesse that the judge decided that all the other riders sucked and ga...

Day 1: If you looked at the live scoring, you can see we stand in a whopping 20th place.  Dressage was bad, I think much to do with that ...

The report! We survived! We did not get eliminated! IT DID NOT RAIN ON US!!!!! There you go. Ok, ok, the story: We (we traveled with two ...

Fresh off our big win, I decided to enter a new local HT to get some more mileage for Solo and I. The competition was a new one, just built...