Uh, no, THIS is my sacred duty, mom... Yesterday, I rode.  Three simple words, yet in the context of the past year, an extraordinary thi...

Owning it in July If I haven’t mentioned it yet, I have THE BEST NEIGHBOURS EVER!  Behind me lives a wonderful professional trainer who ...

Partners Learning to be an effective, thinking rider is awesome.  And it sucks.  How Does One Come To This Odd Conclusion? I actuall...

Adjust the focus We are flooded daily with stories of 20-year-olds winning Grands Prix, of young professionals adding to their eventing ...

God spake to me...& I could not look upon his holy face Ever wanted to absorb decades of experience like a little fangirl sponge f...

David & Red at Blenheim c. 2000 (via O'Brien Eventing site) [ eventer79:   I remember my very first lesson with David O’Brien ,...

Organizer/my neighbour/superwoman Cindy Deporter briefs riders Is it just me or do these get longer and longer every year?  Wait, it mig...

I didn't feel like getting the tack out so, I just looped the lead rope around and hopped on.  Sorry, I was so excited about the new i...

Honestly, I am soooo not a holiday person, so I will let the pros take care of that, as far as seasonal posts.  But I have been storing a li...

You may flog me.  It was almost a month ago!  But hey, on the plus side, perhaps I can actually tell the story concisely now ( AHAHHAHAHA! )...