Correction. Rebuttal. Agreement.

Yesterday, two readers took issue when I said that transitions didn’t matter [The Ups and Downs]. Allow me to amend the statement. The way *I* rode jumps, transitions didn’t matter. This is partly due to Previous Horse. He was athletic & balanced to a freakish degree. (If he’d had heart, cooperation, or a competitive spirit, weContinue reading “Correction. Rebuttal. Agreement.”

The Ups and Downs

Why am I having trouble paying attention through my transitions [Show Report: Heathermoor]? Because they have never mattered before. Dressage is all about transitions. I have never been all about dressage. Hunter flat classes are judged on the quality of the horse’s gaits, not on the getting from one to the other. Mostly, when IContinue reading “The Ups and Downs”

10 Questions for a Bloganista

“Bloganista: a woman who wants her blog and her life to be fabulous.” See Jane Write Ten questions, in no particular order, from the The See Jane Write Bloganista Mini-Con presented by Laura Vincent Printing & Design. My answers follow. 1. Are you taking yourself and your blog seriously? Not the hype, the story youContinue reading “10 Questions for a Bloganista”