View From The Back Seat After successful lessons with the new cart [1,2], we hitched by ourselves. Yay. Next lesson, Milton started hopping as soon as he was asked to move off. Been a while. Caught us by surprise. Boo. The fit lasted only a few moments, the distance from quarterline to quarterline.Continue reading “Driving Ups & Downs”
Category Archives: Driving
Driving Into Spring
View From The Back Seat Day 1 of Milton’s Ride & Drive Weekend Milton stepping out on a beautiful spring day – finally! – with Coach Courtney at Stepping Stone Farm. Second drive with new cart [First]. Even better. Adjusted harness & cart balance per directions by Coach Kate. While I’m still aContinue reading “Driving Into Spring”
Lootapalooza, Part the Second, Winter Tournament Banquet 2019, Driving
Adventures in Pleasure Driving 2018-2019 Awards Banquet Alabama Winter Tournament Association Noccalula Falls Gadsen, AL USA Sunday, March 3, 2019 [Part the First] Champion Academy Driving Whiskey, 2 of 3 classes Chappie, 1 class My Haul Because love me some swag. Also because the Winter Tournament organizers worked hard to come up with interestingContinue reading “Lootapalooza, Part the Second, Winter Tournament Banquet 2019, Driving”
… and Round & Round, Show Report, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #4, Driving
Pleasure Driving Alabama Winter Tournament 2018-2019 Heathermoor Farm Riding Academy Moody AL, USA Hosted by & originally scheduled for Stepping Stone Farm Saturday, February 9, 2019 [Show Report] 26. Academy Driving – 1st of 1 With Whiskey Throttle. Thank you to Courtney Huguley. Fourth Class: Into The Thunderdome The show was moved becauseContinue reading “… and Round & Round, Show Report, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #4, Driving”
A Wordless Story, Show Photos, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #3
Pleasure Driving You’ve met Meg [posts]. Now meet Deb. (Waves hi.) Deb Kesecker is Meg’s student in a photojournalism class. Meg sent Deb to the horse show [Show Report] on Saturday with the assignment to take pictures that tell a story. By chance, I was one of the people Deb met at the show. IContinue reading “A Wordless Story, Show Photos, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #3”
Cuteness On The Hoof, Show Report, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #3, Driving
Pleasure Driving Introducing: Chappie the Haflinger Alabama Winter Tournament 2018-2019 Heathermoor Farm Riding Academy Moody AL, USA Saturday, January 12, 2019 [Show Report] 26. Academy Driving – 1st of 1 Thank you to Reagan Upton for absolutely adorable Chappie. Previous Show [Once More Into The Cart, Show Report, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #1,Continue reading “Cuteness On The Hoof, Show Report, Winter Tournament 2018-19 #3, Driving”
A Radiance of Ribbons, Show Recap 2018
After a show season, an end-of-the-year activity is to hang all of one’s ribbons on one’s horse, for example Contact: 2018 You Been Good. I couldn’t face sorting out all the horses and their ribbons – and isn’t that a wonderful problem to have – so I have done it digitally. Commentary below. The HorsesContinue reading “A Radiance of Ribbons, Show Recap 2018”
Virtual Brush Box 