My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
The leaves are starting to drop from the trees but riding through the woods, you still get a canopy of color that rivals stained glass windows. Freedom is the perfect color for the fall. His gleaming chestnut coat blends perfectly with the intensity of the foliage. I took Freedom over to the Perfect Field this […]
Read MoreSometimes when you are out riding you find one of those perfect places. Where the light is perfect and you just feel lucky to have found it. I’d been to this field before — it’s in one of our hunt territories. But today I came across it from a different direction and it unfolded in […]
Read MoreAnother day where I didn’t make it to the hunt, but too nice to not ride. Freedom and I did some exploring today, hacking out on some new trails and covering almost 8 miles. It was a picture perfect fall day with temperatures in the low 70s, no humidity and no bugs. Today we were […]
Read MoreTuesday didn’t have a promising start. I overslept, which meant that my carefully scheduled morning, which involved hitching my trailer and pulling it when I drove my daughter to school, was derailed. By the time I’d dropped her off, hitched it, driven to the barn, fed the horses and loaded my horse, I knew […]
Read MoreYesterday Freedom could barely walk. By this morning, he was standing on all four legs, eagerly looking for his breakfast. Gone was the woe-begone look. What a relief! I had some time this afternoon so I went back over to check how the abscess was draining (it still is) and he looks so perky that […]
Read MoreIt’s been wickedly hot here all week with temperatures and humidity making it unpleasant to ride. But the signs are there. Fall is coming. I love fall in New England — days when the air is crisp but the sun is strong, and where the landscape explodes with color.
Read MoreZelda hates bugs. She hates bugs more than any other horse I’ve ridden. The days when we are beset with deer flies she bucks and stamps and shakes her head even if she is literally dipped in fly spray before we leave! Mostly I’ve been riding her in the dressage ring at the barn or […]
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