It’s been a long road these last few months on a both a personal and a horse level. On just the horse side, we dealt with Classic and her arthritic troubles which culminated in having to let her go in early December. My horse Ace had an abscess, followed by one minor injury after another. [...]

I think every horse girl needs a pony. Even the grown-up ones. Actually, I never wanted a pony as a kid. But now that I’m an adult, it’s one of my long-term horsey goals. I’ve always planned to someday have my 16-hand-plus thoroughbred for riding and showing as well as a pony for playing around [...]

A few weeks ago I posted on my personal Ace blog that I needed to come up with a show name for my boy. His registered name is Ace Brown, which just isn’t going to cut it for getting attention in the show ring. I like something a little more creative and meaningful. And I [...]

It’s official, Ace is going to be mine! His owner Cheryl and I worked out a deal that works well for the both of us, so it looks like I’ve finally got my very own horse. I have created a separate blog to record and share our journey. Please check out Ace’s blog on Regarding [...]

I wasn’t horse shopping. I didn’t even really know that I was in the market for one if the right one came along. And then he moved into the small barn where I ride. I’ve ridden my whole life, and I’ve had plenty of horses who were my project horses. My mom had a horse [...]

As I was researching for my profile of Olympic dressage rider Amy Tryon and her horse Poggio II, I found many sources that said Pogi was a pack horse before he became an internationally successful eventer. At least that’s the story that has circulated for years, even back before his Olympic debut in 2004. But [...]

Or at least, I would be married to horses if I wasn’t married to my hubby. I’ve been a bachelorette since last Friday, and still have a few days to go, so I’m getting in a lot of extra horse time. So far, that’s included over five hours on Sunday at Dave and Tracie’s cleaning [...]