Showing at a new facility is always a bit more difficult than showing somewhere you are familiar. Luckily, this weekend I had some familiarity with Galway from schooling there and…
That's right. I said horse show prep. We are competing in our first recognized event in California this weekend, so instead of writing on this blog, I have been doing…
Last week, I managed to get myself into two lessons. The first one on Tuesday was a bit of a continuation of the lesson I had the previous week in…
So a weird thing has happened. May is like... really rideable. I mean like... really, really reideable. Wanna move her shoulder 6" to the right? No problem. Wanna open her…
Yes, that's right. I went to a show. Why didn't I mention it in a previous blog? Because I wasn't really planning on going. However, I looked at the show…
Before owning May, I rode a lot of different horses. Through high school and college, I would ride 5 - 6 difference horses 6 days a week. Ponies, warmbloods, OTTBs,…
As you can tell from my previous posts, flatwork has played a really significant role in improving May's rideability over fences. She's always going to be the kind of ride…
By my rough guess, May is 15 this year. Statistically speaking, she was most likely born in the Spring, so 15 it is. Obviously, May has no idea she is…
It's been a while since I wrote anything here. Part of that is due to work and being so mentally exhausted that I had nothing left for this blog. Part…
Poor May. I am about 90% sure she is ready to go on strike now that we have settled into California and into a training program. Tuesday - Tuesday last…