Greg has good ideas. Make a ring out of candy floss [We Spooked], put a saddle on Rodney [Looking Forward], drive Milton [What Are You Driving At?]. Greg has bad ideas. Jump your horse [Recap]. Greg has ? ideas. After Indiana [Show Report], Rodney was finally, finally over everything [One Year]. However, we kept runningContinue reading “Rodney’s Autumn Plans”
Category Archives: Riding
Rodney Lately
Here we stand. Literally. Rodney’s trailer kerfuffle was five weeks ago [Dubious Future]. He injured his right hind leg above his ankle. It was never very bad & gets better every day [Rodney’s Feet]. But slowly. Oh, so slowly. We’ve been doing stand lessons at the mounting block. If I sit on the block, heContinue reading “Rodney Lately”
Getting a Grip, Proof of Concept
Saddle Seat Wednesday The situation is not as dire as I thought. Big surprise. It’s not that I don’t know how to ride the front end of a horse [Getting a Grip, or Not]. It’s that I forget. I finally had a saddle seat lesson, after several weeks of schedule mis-match. When I kept myContinue reading “Getting a Grip, Proof of Concept”
Milton’s Delayed Future as a Riding Horse
Riding Milton is on hold while he is learning to drive. Getting used to pulling appears to be the big step in teaching a driving horse. Once we have that, we will get back to the riding question. One can never know the counterfactuals. Doing both at the same time would probably be okay. Probably.Continue reading “Milton’s Delayed Future as a Riding Horse”
Getting a Grip, or Not
Saddle Seat Wednesday Originally I had planned to hold off pontificating on this subject. I’ve had so many theories; I wanted to see if this had any bearing in reality first. Unfortunately, recent show schedules have sent Coach Courtney and us out of town on alternating weeks over the last month & a half. NoContinue reading “Getting a Grip, or Not”
Group Ride
We have a new feature. We worked both horses in the ring at the same time: Greg, ground-driving/long-lining; me, riding. After warming up at a walk together, Rodney would park and watch Milton, then vice versa. Lather, rinse, repeat. From a work point of view, not much happened. We milled around, did a few figures,Continue reading “Group Ride”
Milton & Me
Still waiting. So, a thoughty post. All the physical parts are in place: trailer, truck, Coggins. Now we need to have all the people in town at the same time. Our most recent random gesture [Sand Colic?] seems to be working. Milton seems to be settling. I would almost … almost … be willing toContinue reading “Milton & Me”
Virtual Brush Box 