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It’s About Balance

Note: today’s post is riding theory geekery. You may wish to come back tomorrow if that is not your cup of tea. Revelation Horses are narrow side-to-side, but long front-to-back. People are wide side-to-side, but narrow front-to-back. What This Means: Rider’s Weight A rider’s lateral balance has a small tolerance. When I am sitting onContinue reading “It’s About Balance”

Clinic Report: Muffie Seaton, Auburn AL

Driving Clinic Muffie Seaton Auburn Horse Center, Athletics, Ag Dept May 9, 2015 A million years ago, we tried driving with Mathilda. It did not go well [Driving Miss M]. In the distant future, her Chief Minion may try again. With this in mind, we audited part of a combined driving clinic last Saturday. AlthoughContinue reading “Clinic Report: Muffie Seaton, Auburn AL”

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Current Work

Every wary of the jinx monster, I hesitate to say too much. Rodney Rodney is enjoying his easy lessons and coping with his hard ones. Hard being a relative term here. He is relaxing into the warm weather faster than we had hoped. Milton After a winter of Mr. Hyde, we are having a wonderfulContinue reading “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Current Work”

Text Art: Names of the Rose

Happy Mother’s Day! Moonstone Birmingham (US) Botanical Gardens Rock ‘n’ Roll Oranges and Lemons Drama Queen Nice Day English Miss You’re Beautiful ‘ Scented Carpet Shine On Absolutely Fabulous Great News A Whiter Shade of Pale Names c/o of Rosebuddies: A-Z List of Roses Mother’s Day of years past: 2014: Text Art: Happy Mother’s DayContinue reading “Text Art: Names of the Rose”

Repost BTR, July 2011: SITREP

Continuing to repost the entries from my previous monthly blogs Back To Eventing and Back To Riding. After the paid-for section of the column/blog ended, I wandered off to other things. At a business conference a few months later, I was inspired to restart the blog as part of a writer’s platform. The webpage andContinue reading “Repost BTR, July 2011: SITREP”

Foto Friday: Name That Spot

I have a new horse to share the load with Spotted and Mr. Spot. Like them, she is from Schleich. The bin said Trakehner mare, but I’m not finding her on the Trakehnen Breed page or elsewhere in the site. Photo taken at the Birmingham (US) Botanical Gardens. To celebrate her German heritage, I lookedContinue reading “Foto Friday: Name That Spot”

In Defense of Caesar

Silhouette by Judith Housel I blog a lot of smack about Previous Horse, aka Caesar, show name Seize The Day: He was a cranky, opinionated PIA. Caesar only ever loved Caesar. He cared not a whit if I fell off. [Dreary Monday] or Previous Horse was the most stubborn being I have ever met. WhenContinue reading “In Defense of Caesar”