Focus on Flatwork
As mentioned in my last post, I have been working with a local dressage trainer here, and it has actually been really fun. Grayson, despite being the world's laziest thoroughbred,…
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October 23, 2023
7 Years of May!
Since the queen always enters the room first, Happy Seven Years to May! It's crazy to think that I have had this little mare in my life for SEVEN YEARS.…
May 3, 2022
May As Well… Buy my Friend’s Horse
I first mentioned my horse search here back in August. Truth is... it started at the end of June. At first, I didn't think my ISO was particularly complicated. 16ish…
January 14, 2022
Early Mornings, Dressage Musings, and Horse Shopping Misfortune
It's been 2 months since my last post apparently. And to be honest, there really isn't much to write about. May started feeling really dull, so I took my foot…
October 27, 2021
Summer in Southern California
Did you all know that it is really hot in Southern California in the summer? We have had WEEKS of +100 degree weather... which... to the surprise of absolutely no…
August 23, 2021
First California Horse Trial – Show Jumping
I think it is zero secret on this blog that I strongly dislike show jumping. In theory, it should be my strongest phase. After all, I grew up in the…
May 24, 2021
First California Horse Trial – Dressage
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…
May 20, 2021
Riding the Rideable Horse
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…
April 19, 2021
Copper Meadows – One Day Schooling Show
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…
April 5, 2021
Whose Horse is Dat?
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,…
March 31, 2021