Category Archives: Riding

Let the Tune-Up Begin

The Project The National Academy Championship Horse Show begins in two months. In 2013, I attended Saturday boot camp [Boot Camp Begins]. In 2014, I did a two-week intensive [Annotated Camp Tweets]. This year, I will be taking daily lessons, starting today. Sorta. I will be having lessons every day that student and instructor areContinue reading “Let the Tune-Up Begin”

Rodney’s Thoughts on My Posing Naked

For those of you who wonder how to take revealing pictures of oneself on a horse. [Challenge] Have your horses at home. Have a pasture surrounded by dense foliage and fields. Hope none of your neighbors are hunting that day. Wear easily removable clothing – less time to undress equals less time to stress. HaveContinue reading “Rodney’s Thoughts on My Posing Naked”

My Thoughts On Posing Naked

Will You Take #TheNakedChallenge? on Horse Collaborative The Naked Challenge on Facebook I took the challenge [The Naked Challenge]. How did it go? + Husband/photographer immediately doubled down. If we were doing this, then we were doing it right: a) I had to be riding & b) it had to be clear I was buck-naked.Continue reading “My Thoughts On Posing Naked”

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch. Or Not

It’s been two months since I wrote about Rodney, Milton, and the happenings at home [Summer Suffering]. Within that time period, I have posted on four saddleseat shows, many lessons, and endless saddle seat theory. What’s up with that? IF we ignore the screamy voices in my head and IF we ignore that fact theContinue reading “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch. Or Not”

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.”