Posted in General

This past week and weekend I trucked Mensa and Revere to Michigan for Richland Park. I was suppose to go with my trainer, but oops! She had a baby! So, I was left to drive 12 hours with my dad and my horses (not so bad!). The event was in fabulous country, beautifully built and organized. Dressage was decent...I was quite happy… read more

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There is nothing like galloping a horse when the temperature is just right. This past week it has felt like fall (at least untill 11 in the morning!). THe 2 last gallops I did on my upper level horses were great. The sun was shining, the wind was blowing, and the birds were singing. Sounds idealistic, ha? It was! Galloping across the fields … read more

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Posted in Behavior & Training

Today I jumped all the horses and mainly worked on maintaining a forward, steady rythem. Since I had a lack of jump crew today ( =) ) I left all the jumps the same for every horse, the intermediate and the young horses. Mensa is really beginning to use his body and develop a better vascule. Revere is, remarkably, super calm now when we school. I… read more

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So we had our first show of the season this past weekend at Riverglen. I brought five horses, 2 intermediate and 3 novice horses (Brett was suppose to go training but was off due to a minor trailer injury for about 2 1/2 weeks prior). The tuesday before the show my working student left without warning, leaving me helpless at the show. Luckily, w… read more

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Posted in Current Events

Well I told everyone I would keep them updated on the show schedule/season. We head off to Riverglen next weekend and are bringing quite the trailer load. My instructor is bringing 4 or 5 and I am bringing the same (one horse recently was injured in the trailer and received some injuries to the wither that still hurt when he is riding). It shoul… read more

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