My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
I try not to use a reader for dressage tests — I always found it too distracting to listen to someone when I needed to be thinking a movement or two ahead. Certainly listening to this read would have either sent me astray or had me fall off from laughing too hard!
Read MoreThis horse is like a cat she’s so quick on her feet. And she is amazing at how she anticipates where that cow is going. Not an easy thing to stay with. Kudos to the rider for staying out of her way.
Read MoreNow that we’ve had a few days of warmer weather — just a tease, really — I’m starting to see the frozen tundra of a landscape come alive. We had a dusting of snow the other day and the next morning, there were rabbit tracks all over. It made me realize that for a long […]
Read MoreYou might remember that Freedom stepped on his foot a few months back. It happened in the blink of an eye and the wound took forever to heal. Back in January, I reported that we were having issues with proud flesh (Bad Luck Comes in Threes). The good news is that it’s finally better. Two […]
Read MoreThe Northeast is finally starting the great thaw and the promise of Spring is in the warmth of the sun, the welcome site of pavement on my driveway, and the massive amounts of horse hair coming off Freedom and Zelda in clumps. I’ve never been so glad to experience shedding! Yesterday the temperatures here in […]
Read MoreIt’s hard to imagine that one person could have had the honor to break two of the greatest racehorses of all time, but Charles Schick, who died on February 11th 2015 at age 98 in Tampa, Florida, did just that. According to his obituary in the Tampa Bay Times, Charles Schick helped break both legends […]
Read MoreNext time you go to the barn, make sure you give your horse a hug. Last week a friend of mine lost her fabulous mare after a pasture accident — Living Life in the Middle — reminding us that these fabulous creatures that we love and treasure are as fragile as they are powerful, and […]
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