The horses behind the scenes
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.
My first 1.30 did NOT go as planned.
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..
New girl on the block; who she is, and why she’s with me.
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..
What I’ve been up to, and how I’m re-committing to writing (for good!)
New horse (kinda), new dog…
I’ve been off the grid.. I know. However..
Have higher standards.
We owe it to our horses to have higher standards of ourselves and of them. Without this, there is no leadership, no direction, and..
The psychological toll from a bad ride.
If we can’t give them that, then we have no right to be frustrated when..