My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
This morning, as I was hacking through a path mowed through local hay fields, I counted my blessings. I am lucky enough to live in a town that is truly a leader in the conservation of its land and the maintenance of its trail systems. Although only 12 miles west of Boston, the town boasts […]
Read MoreThe euthanasia of Theodore O’Connor yesterday after a tragic accident is just the latest in a terrible series of tragedies that have plagued the eventing community this spring, starting with Frodo Baggins and The Quiet Man, and including Nullabor, and Tigger Too. I don’t ever recall such a spate of fatalities in our sport. There’s […]
Read MoreOne of the pearls of wisdom I got from a coach about 16 years ago (thank you, Amy!) was that some days it’s better to just get off your horse and go back to the barn then to fight through an issue. We all have days like that. It seems like you and your horse […]
Read MoreLast week I fell off my horse. Luckily, it’s not something I make a practice of doing. In fact, it’s been several years since I made an unscheduled dismount. What I can report is that the closer you get to age 50, the harder the ground gets! I can only imagine the damage it can […]
Read MoreOne of the most frightening things that can happen when you’re pulling a tag-along trailer is sway or fishtailing. I was once driving behind my husband when he was pulling the horse trailer. He was going down a steep hill on the way to Vermont and he was going too fast. The trailer started to […]
Read MoreJust this week I watched a video of the Aintree Grand National Steeplechase, run in Liverpool, England. This amazing race has been run since 1839 and it is both incredibly awe inspiring and terrible to watch. The carnage of this race is unbelievable with horse and jockeys falling at every fence. And yet there are […]
Read MoreWell, this made my day! I’ve received my first — and only — blog award for my article on Household Items to use at the Barn from Behind the Bit. Certainly BTB is one of my favorite equine blogs, and one that I looked to for inspiration when I started writing my own. As a […]
Read MoreThe Miklem Multibridle is an intriguing multipurpose bridle/halter/lunge caveson that can be used in both bitless and bitted configurations. I ride one of my horses bitless and I bought the Micklem bridle to address a problem that I’ve had when using my LG bridle — the cheek pieces of the bridle creep toward my horse’s […]
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