Horsekeeping Thank you to … The people who feed and clean up after our horses. In my house that would be us. The people at Stepping Stone Farm and Falcon Hill Farm who take care of the horses I ride for lessons. The people who sell the feed and hay our horses eat. TheContinue reading “Happy Horse Labor Day”
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Rodney’s Ribbon
Graphic Design [Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019] Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
State of the Blog, Oops
Blogging About Blogging I didn’t mean to do that. I got excited. When I was by showing by myself, I got the idea to post whenever I went off to a horse show with Stepping Stone Farm. It was amusing. It provided content. The feature lasted from May 24, 2014 [Horse Show Today, MSSPContinue reading “State of the Blog, Oops”
Worth 1000 Words, Show Photos, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019
Training Journal Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park August 24, 2019 [Words, Show Report] Jeremy Villar Photography (borders added) 2019 USDF Intro A Chilling in warm-up A word about tack. Schooling bridle and “illegal” bit. If Rodney decided he hated showing, I didn’t want to invest in new bridle & bit. Got permission aheadContinue reading “Worth 1000 Words, Show Photos, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019”
What Next? Where To?
Training Journal Now that Rodney has been to a show, we are treating it a beginning rather than a bizarre one-off. The ability to go places and to show opens up many possibilities. Local dressage is an easy first step. As many of these as we can find. Every chance to go in theContinue reading “What Next? Where To?”
What Next? Who Are You?
Training Journal Job one. Get to know my horse. Now that Rodney is getting less disturbed about life, I am meeting the horse underneath the hysteria. Please understand that I mean ‘less-disturbed’ for a high-strung, Thoroughbred definition of the term. Rodney is never going to be an easy ride. Over the years, I haveContinue reading “What Next? Who Are You?”
Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019
Training Journal Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA August 24, 2019 Rodney Class 3 – 2019 USDF Intro Test A – Adult, 5th of 6, with 60.938% Highest score: 7.0 Lowest score: 5.0 Results FCHP Shows Jeremy Villar Photography How Did That Happen? After Rodney cantered so calmly andContinue reading “Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019”
Virtual Brush Box 