Showing posts with label schooling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schooling. Show all posts
January 11, 2015

There Was Riding! Among Other Things...

I can't see you... Two horses in one day!! The Browner Orange One Ok, fine, be pedantic.  I long-lined Encore as he is due for ...

December 22, 2014

The Air Of Heaven…A Horse’s Ears…You Know How It Goes

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...

November 12, 2014

The Sage Speaks: Better Yourself, Better Your Horse

If ever someone encapsulated the goal & spirit of not only this blog, but my own strong convictions in regards to building equine partne...

September 21, 2014

Riding Solo Makes Me Happy...And A Tiny Bit Frustrated

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

July 9, 2014

Meet The Minion: Solo’s Full-Service Provider Shares Her Story

Thanks for teh staffz, mom! You’ve heard me mention Erica, aka Blog Stalker, aka She Who Lunges Children, and her amazing appearance in...

June 21, 2014

Please Press Pause

Taken from the tractor seat... Letting the diesel idle, I pause the tractor on a berm in the top pasture.  It’s that quiet intermission ...

June 4, 2014

My Horse Has Itchy Intestines

Lovely Apparently.  Since on Sunday afternoon, I was presented with the delight you see pictured. While I spent THREE HOURS clipping a...

January 2, 2014

Are You Riding Your Horse Or Just Reacting To Him?

Well, everyone has ambitious lists for 2014 and lovely summaries of the past year & I have enjoyed reading each one ( although I am go...

August 28, 2013

Clip Clop Clip Clop BANG BANG Clip Clop...

Know what makes that noise? Wait for it.... ...an Amish drive-by.  HAHAHAHHA.  Ok, yes, I love jokes in poor taste, it is a weakness. ...

August 15, 2013

Serene Solo

It makes him so happy... When I swung my leg over and settled into Solo's dressage saddle, I remember how close to saddle heaven you...

June 10, 2013

The Overachiever Achieves Not

She also achieves naught. I've been sucked into this trap.  Where I get on Encore, we warm up, he is going well enough.  Then, becau...

May 18, 2013

There And Back Again

It feels like we’ve been away.  Lost in some nebulous pocket of time where we’ve been bouncing in circles, up and down the emotional roller...

April 25, 2013

The Becky Diaries: An Afterward

All eyes are turned to my favourite patch of turf right now, a park filled with history in Lexington, KY and an event that continues to cha...

March 29, 2013

Happy Happy Happy Sad

I have a few more Becky insights to share with you, but to share the most recent reason why only crazy people own horses: I did our first ...

February 10, 2013

Camp David 2013

Almost exactly a year ago, Encore and I went down to SoPines for two days of my invented Personal David Clinic .  Five days from now:  Camp ...

January 30, 2013

I Have No Words

So you'll just have to read it yourself. You see, we have been busy.  Physical therapy is momentarily taking over my life, but I'v...

January 22, 2013

Night Rider

Bow before my cuteness! This guy.  Me.  Twilight (sparkliness- and self-esteemless-whiny-girl-free, thank you).  Bareback.  Quilted quar...

January 20, 2013

Through The Chute

Inspired by the ongoing Retired Racehorse Training Project's 100-day challenge, I decided to coerce ask Amber to help me build a jump ...