Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I hate my riding ring. I can’t half-ass my way around the downhill turns. I have sit up, sit centered, steer, prepare early, sit chill, not grab with the reins, be zen when it falls apart, then go around and do it again. andContinue reading “In Praise of Imperfect Conditions”
Category Archives: Riding
Rodney Makes His Weekly Cameo On His Own Blog
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. One of my first photos with my new phone was this ear shot for this post. I have my priorities. Progress Report Rodney and I can walk, trot, and canter at home with minimal flashes of anxiety on the part of horse orContinue reading “Rodney Makes His Weekly Cameo On His Own Blog”
Posting The Trot, You’d Think I’d Know How To Do That By Now
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. My groundcrew pointed out that I lean forward when I post the trot. Up & forward. Up & forward. Like a metronome. So I have been working on this. A good shut-down exercise. Hard for the rider; low-key for the horse. WhenContinue reading “Posting The Trot, You’d Think I’d Know How To Do That By Now”
The Horse Is Not The Only One With Issues In The Sandbox
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. I’m skipping Mood on Monday this week. Right now is all about reopening in the US. Impossible to talking about without resorting to politics. First, this is not harmonious. Second, I have nothing to add that you don’t already know. As for what IContinue reading “The Horse Is Not The Only One With Issues In The Sandbox”
Saddletime, The Sequel
Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. We have decided that it is okay to ride our horses quietly in the backyard. Other people have made different decisions. However. Just because I have decided to ride doesn’t mean I get to ride. Let’s go to the tape. A few days of riding [WhyContinue reading “Saddletime, The Sequel”
The Tree Didn’t Get The Memo
Random Images The world is vast & weird. Remember the tree that fell down in the pasture back in January [Storm Damage, Tree Down In Pasture]? I kept meaning to get the tree dudes out. Didn’t happen. Now it won’t for a while. Turns out one side of the tree is stillContinue reading “The Tree Didn’t Get The Memo”
Step By Step, Walking Poles
Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won. We are formulating the theory that Rodney wants one exercise for the day that he repeats consistently. Standard grid practice is to put down one element. Go thru. Put down second element. Go thru. And so on. The idea is to build theContinue reading “Step By Step, Walking Poles”
Virtual Brush Box 