Category Archives: Horses

Lessons From A Lesson

Jumping Diary     I haven’t yet established Jumping Friday posts. I’ve gotten as far as Falcon Hill Fridays. At least I’m going to the place that has the jumps. Turtle steps. More Canter I’ve forgotten how to canter fast. Saddlebreds go in a slow, collected, teacup canter. Sam has an excellent one. If theyContinue reading “Lessons From A Lesson”

It Touched Me! It Touched Me!

Overcoming Obstacles in Our Way     This clever design uses string instead of dowels to attach the pool noodles to the standard. No dowels, no potential pointy sticks to skewer horse or rider.   Under saddle, we are walking through the wider version. In hand, we are learning about the narrower version. The standardsContinue reading “It Touched Me! It Touched Me!”

Milton SitRep, Saddle & Supplements & Success

  Saddle Friends have kindly loaned me a second Wintec while we shop for Milton’s fancy saddle. It fits him, he goes well in it, and I feel more comfortable riding him in a narrower saddle, at least for n=1. The photo was my first time aboard Milton since the dressage show two weeks earlier.Continue reading “Milton SitRep, Saddle & Supplements & Success”

Rodney SitRep, Saddle & Soreness

Rodney’s saddle situation is not as dire as I had first thought [Evil Twin]. Things seldom are. We switched to the second & third girth straps instead of the first and third. This changes the balance of the saddle enough that the wither clearance is just on the correct side of acceptable, instead of justContinue reading “Rodney SitRep, Saddle & Soreness”