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Thoroughbred Databases and Playing The Numbers, or not

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. I added Milton and Previous Horse to the Thoroughbred Sport Tracker of the Retired Racehorse Project. I figured, Why not? It’s free, the data might help someone somewhere, and I get a blog post out of it. Turns out I got two posts [Get Off MyContinue reading “Thoroughbred Databases and Playing The Numbers, or not”

Get Off My Lawn, And Take Your Warmblood With You

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I added Milton and Previous Horse to the Thoroughbred Sport Tracker of the Retired Racehorse Project. The weirdest part of the whole thing for me is the RRP subtitle, “Increasing Demand for Thoroughbreds” Increasing demand? When did this happen? There used to beContinue reading “Get Off My Lawn, And Take Your Warmblood With You”

Green Horses on the Wall, Lisbon, Portugal, Guest Photo

Celebrating Art by Nuno Saraiva Artist’s website Making of the mural, Cargo Collective (scroll down) A casual street scene in Lisbon from my well-traveled friend Amy [Archives]. She said “Random sighting while walking to a particularly special pasteleria.” That would be a cake shop for us stay-at-homes. Previous Portugal, also from Amy [TileContinue reading “Green Horses on the Wall, Lisbon, Portugal, Guest Photo”

The Reason I Had To Write This Book! Guest Post

Writing & Writing About Writing Nell Parsons is the student of a friend of mine. They sensibly figured that I would be a natural choice to review a horse book. Unfortunately, I wrote book reviews professionally for many years and currently have no enthusiasm for the form. Instead, I offered her a space toContinue reading “The Reason I Had To Write This Book! Guest Post”

Backlit Ears

Photography Rodney at Stepping Stone Farm. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Le Sigh

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. Milton has a new trick. He does his quasi-hitching practice in the evening once his driver gets home from work. [Holiday Rides] We moved the cart under a floodlight near the barn. I have Milton ready to go. We gear up. He stands. We wait.Continue reading “Le Sigh”

The Next Step In Rodney’s Trailering Education

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. Stopping for groceries. Waiting the trailer is a useful skill. Once when we arrived at Stepping Stone Farm, we had to hold a few minutes before we could unload without causing consternation to a horse and rider in the ring next to where we parked. Fortunately,Continue reading “The Next Step In Rodney’s Trailering Education”