We are currently in the middle of two of my most favorite weeks of the year, book-ended by two of the greatest annual US equestrian events: the Rolex Kentucky Three Day and the Kentucky Derby. And besides the horse people, they are tied together by one significant common denominator: Thoroughbreds! With Thoroughbreds the only breed [...]

I would be totally remiss if I didn’t wish my handsome, sweet pony a very Happy Birthday. He officially turns 10 today! Doesn’t that sound old? It always seems like such a big leap to me when horses go from single digits to double digits. I don’t do anything big for horsey birthdays, but I [...]

Equine Affaire Ohio in April is easily one of my most favorite weekends of the whole year for many reasons: the horses, the people, the horses, the shopping, the horses. I went for the entire four-day event, spending the first day on my own and the rest with my momma and our wonderful horsey friend [...]

This weekend was a big one for me; I made my first, albeit small, foray back into the show world after a nearly 10 year hiatus. I showed 4H in Pennsylvania and hunters at various levels throughout middle school and high school, but have been out of the show world since. I’ve always intended to [...]

One sure-fire way for a horse to ditch most riders is to buck … and buck … and buck. Most times, if they keep at it, they’ll get you off. And any horse is perfectly capable of throwing a bucking fit if he has the right stimulus … if he wants to get out of [...]

My boy Ace is doing super wonderfully these days. We have just progressed in leaps and bounds since getting access to a large arena back in November. At that point, we were happy to have forward, straightness, bending, and a little bit of ground pole work. After three months of consistent, hard work, my handsome [...]

My horse and I have had a very successful week in our training, largely due to some wonderful tips I’ve gleaned from dressage trainer Jane Savoie’s blog. Specifically, I’ve been working on getting Ace to go on the bit and to round through his back and neck. Like many riders, I didn’t have a good [...]