Milton’s Show Schedule, Driving

tldr: and yet more logistics Driving Thursday Milton’s rate-limiting step for driving shows is transportation. Locally, we could drive the cart over, come back, drive the horse over, show, reverse the process. If the show is 20-30 minutes away, that equals 3 hours of shipping. Cumbersome, but not impossible. This is what we already doContinue reading “Milton’s Show Schedule, Driving”

My Saddle Seat Show Schedule

Saddle Seat Wednesday tldr: more logistics. Thrilled to be at the point of having these kinds of problems issues to iron out. My saddle seat schedule can be reduced to 2 words: who knows? Logistics I hope to make my debut with Milton at a show in March [Schedule]. Since I am currently riding inContinue reading “My Saddle Seat Show Schedule”

Milton’s Show Schedule

Shhhhhh! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I am looking at show schedules. Greg brought up an interesting suggestion. Why don’t I take Milton to a little, local, walk-trot dressage test this Spring? Hmmm. I’ve been thinking that it would be ages before I could ever show Milton: lessons, schooling, cross-rails, practice shows, on and on. ButContinue reading “Milton’s Show Schedule”

In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management

When the recent cold snap was looming on the horizon, many of my neighbors chose to blanket &/or put up their horses. We chose to do neither. Human behavior toward horses often reflects our values as a species rather than the way the horses see the world [How I Learned to Think Like a Horse].Continue reading “In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management”