No doubt it’s a risk and somewhat of a gamble. But even if it doesn’t turn out how I want, there’s a home and a job for everything. And if it does? I could be owning something at 5 or 6 that I would never have been able to afford. And when you truly love the process..

So when I say I was GREEN to the world of hunters and jumpers and equitation… I am not over exaggerating! However the more educated I became to the life of english riding show barns, the more I realized that maybe I’m not so far behind after all.

I have a mental checklist in my head that I like to run through as I chip away at things. And as much as it may be nice to sleep in and let somebody else be the first one there and the last to leave, I’d be in the dark as to how the horses are really doing..

Since moving to Florida, I’ve ridden more “real” horses on a consistent basis than ever before in my life. What I’ve gained has transformed my riding in ways I didn’t know possible.

Within a moment, I found myself jumped out of the saddle, clinging to the side of Blue as he attempted to jump the oxer from nearly a standstill..

Too smart for his own good, but we love him for it..

Time to get real cowboy here..

We’ve had our moments together where I question how I stayed on afterwards… but I think it’s helped her realize that I’ll go through the fire with her. And in doing so, she trusts me more and more by the week..

While I’ve had horses of my own colic before, I’d never come close to potentially needing emergency surgery until this past summer with Parlay. If I hadn’t picked up on the subtle signs when I did, I’d be writing a very different, far more traumatic story..

New horse (kinda), new dog…

I’ve been off the grid.. I know. However..

We owe it to our horses to have higher standards of ourselves and of them. Without this, there is no leadership, no direction, and..

Coming from a rider quick to praise warmbloods and quarter horses, there is an undeniable truth in the sureness of the OTTB heart..

If we can’t give them that, then we have no right to be frustrated when..

If you ever went horse shopping..

Spending my first professional years..

4am alarms, back to back as many times as needed.

If you own horses, you’ve likely questioned..

The one constant that kept me in business..

I’m a firm believer in prepping my horses to..