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…
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August 23, 2021
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 – Cross Country
Usually, I am a good blogger, and I take wonderful pictures of all the XC jumps during my course walk. However, since this weekend was SO BUSY for my trainer,…
August 12, 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
Cue Internal Squeals of Joy
Typically, when I tack up for a jump lesson, I find myself battling some internal demons. It is usually a process of dragging myself to the barn and forcing myself…
August 28, 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
Heat, Work, Life
Last week was the first week in a long time where I only rode my horse once. On Tuesday, my trainer rode her, and I had all the plans in…
July 22, 2019
Excessive Heat Warning
In case I needed more reason to stick to my "no horse trials in July" rule with May, basically the entire state of KY is under an extreme heat warning…
July 18, 2019