If you don't know by now, I think the worst thing you can do to your sporthorse is make it an arena baby ( edited to add:  ok, obviously...

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...

This is how it goes: Monday I am getting ready for field work, fixing the stuff broken in last week's field work, or driving to field...

Summers are frustrating for me.  It's field season at work, which means I am doing this... ...while losing my body weight in swe...

Plan:   Wake up, load up, leave farm about 9:00, take Encore and Pete along with me and lifeshighway to the Moss Foundation on a perfect rid...

I bet a get a lot of google hits off that title.  If I add the word "cat" I might be able to garner the entire internet to this bl...

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...

I spent this evening in the aisle with Encore.  A mild rain tap-tap-tapped the metal roof as I ran my hands over his neck, back, and hindqua...

Field work has kept me away from both horse and computer for the past week as we've been out snorkeling Carolina rivers, in our endless ...

I don't take being grounded well.  I mope.  I pout.  I whine.  I generally make myself a nuisance to those poor souls who for some unkno...

Who, me?? What stories to tell? How about when Solo decided to exit his stall, sans halter, sans me, Friday night & trot briskly ...

A visitor outside my office window Azaleas are in full bloom under the bright wings of swallowtail butterflies.  Trees are pushing out ea...