Playing Catch Up
Unsurprisingly, as basically every aspect of my life has gotten exponentially busier, blogging has fallen a bit by the wayside. In a lot of ways, riding has too. Up until…
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July 31, 2020
Maintaining the May (2020 Vet Visit Wrap Up)
It's easy to look at May and think of all the maintenance things I don't have to worry about. Shoes? Nope. Mane pulling? Nah. Honestly, the most she usually gets…
June 17, 2020
Are You My Saddle?
After 5 years, I am feeling a bit like the chick in the kid's book "Are you my mother?" Me at the start of this whole adventure... Overall, I have…
January 13, 2020
Saddle Fitting Session – County
Conquest Now, county is a brand that I had ruled out for May about 3 years ago. I threw a wide tree on her back, and it didn't fit and…
January 8, 2020
Just That Time of The Year
I have been riding and doing things. Unfortunately, at this time of the year, it seems like blogging takes a back seat. It's as much because there's nothing super exciting…
December 19, 2019
A Baby Saddle Shopping Rant
Recently, Cob Jockey's posts about saddle fitting have, in a lot of ways, justified my recent feelings about the whole thing. Most poignant, in my opinion, was her post about…
December 16, 2019
Useless Saddle Marketing
So I had a local saddle fitter (yes, a new one) out on Sunday to take a look at my Genesis. Originally, she was going to look at the Diablo,…
September 23, 2019
A Forward and Open Jumping Lesson
I should probably start this recap with full disclosure that Kentucky surprised us with second summer that day, AND I was riding in a new-to-me saddle. To break that down,…
September 12, 2019
Lies I’ve Been Told While Saddle Shopping
We all know that saddle shopping can very nearly be a fate worse than death. While I am still trying to sell my Dressage saddle (thus now actively buying anything),…
July 5, 2019
Saddle Fitting Appointment – Loxley by Bliss
Can we discuss how unbelievably dumb this company name is? Bliss of London? Then, let's drop down the rabbit hole of checking out their website... also bad with a TON…
May 2, 2019