My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
If I didn’t ride alone, I would hardly ride at all. While there are many aspects to staying safe while riding, this video deals with mounted self defense. I’m lucky in that I live in a very safe part of the country and ride trails that have very few people on them. It is very, […]
Read MoreCheck out the winning ride from the Timed & Judged Jackpot at the National Mountain Trail Championship at the Oregon Horse Center! Would your horse do this? Zelda probably would. Freedom? Not a chance!
Read MoreToday Freedom and I participated in a Hunter Pace. For the uninitiated, a Hunter Pace is a timed ride where you try to come the closest to an “optimum” pace that is set either by a specific team or by averaging the scores of different riders. There are different ways to calculate the optimum time […]
Read MoreIn just a few days fall has fallen in New England. I spent a few days in Anaheim and when I got back the leaves had already turned. I love fall in New England. The colors are going to be magnificent this year. Right now the color is subtle. There are some trees already in […]
Read MoreAfter the crisp cool days we’ve been having, today was nearly 80 degrees and humid. The horses are starting to get fuzzy and the heat was oppressive. Today Freedom and I went with our friends Carol and Willow to ride at a nearby State Park. How lucky are we to live 30 minutes away from […]
Read MoreLiving outside of Boston we are surrounded by history. Today, the Old North Bridge Hounds rode out of Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mass. The Inn has been open since 1716 but it became famous when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made the tavern the gathering place of his 1863 book, Tales of a Wayside Inn […]
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