Choosing a Barn… When Moving Across the Country
First off, updates on May. May is currently on her way to California courtesy of Brook Ledge. They are estimating she will be here in a few hours, so until…
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October 12, 2020
A Tale of Two Jump Lessons
I am a bit behind in my posts. As life turns out, selling a home, buying a home, and moving 2,000 miles is not conducive to also working, riding, and…
September 4, 2020
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2020 IEA Horse Trials – Results and Wrap Up
There were quite a few horses left in my division as we wrapped up XC, but as we took the nice long walk back to the barns, I realized that…
August 13, 2020
XC Schooling – Stone Creek Stables
After a momentous amount of rain last week, I was pretty convinced that we were going to have a 0% chance of XC schooling. The footing near us was wet,…
August 3, 2020
Oops I Did It Again – May Becomes a Cali Girl
Nearly 4 years ago, I posted the announcement that May and I were moving to Kentucky (with the now-husband). Over the last four years, we have made friends, been on…
July 13, 2020
Uh… I Think I Owe You All An Apology
Almost exactly a month ago, I made a blog post titled "Dare I Make Plans." And clearly... I did, indeed, dare, and I thus made plans. UGH The post was…
March 23, 2020
Hunter Pace Fun
This Saturday practically the entire barn emptied out in order to attend a hunter pace put on by a local hunt group. The day was nearly perfect with temps in…
August 12, 2019
Perfect Princess Pony
To start, May probably wasn't a total perfect princess last night in our lesson, but she was still totally amazing. Also, I like alliteration. I only got to ride May once…
August 7, 2019
When Your Horse is a Teenage Girl
I was pretty impressed when I came out on Sunday and May was ready to play. I started my Dressage ride with some pretty strict rules for my. INCLUDING, sticking…
July 29, 2019
Riding Through the Ugly
It's always interesting to compare how training is so different from showing. At shows, the goals is to keep all the rails in the cups (and do the million other…
July 25, 2019