Training Journal When we take the horses out for schooling, we find ourselves going to Stepping Stone Farm more often than not. It isn’t the closest. Falcon Hill Farm is ten miles closer with superb all-weather footing and a full jump course. SSF doesn’t have the most facilities. Full Circle Horse Park hasContinue reading “Where Everybody Knows Our Name”
Category Archives: trailering
Heading Home
[Milton Does Demo Duty] Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Synchro Peeing
Horsekeeping No pics. You are welcome. Rodney, The Bashful Bladder I have to pee. I do so hate peeing in public. First thing I shall do when I get home is to locate a good spot. They have opened the door of the big white box. Time to go home. Please make all dueContinue reading “Synchro Peeing”
Shipping Report
Horsekeeping I am not complaining. Not in the slightest. As with my scheduling issues [Combinatorics], I am … amused by the confusion. For two years, only Milton was leaving the property. Now that Rodney has wheels, we have to remember what goes with which horse. General Equipment Load Saddle. Bridle. Rider boots &Continue reading “Shipping Report”
Scheduling Combinatorics
Training Journal I’d like to be a person with a plan. I’d like to be known as a person with a plan. On Tuesdays, we go here. On Thursdays we go there. Alas, there are too many choices. First: Pick a mount. Rodney Milton Lesson Horse Second: Pick a location. Stepping Stone Farm FullContinue reading “Scheduling Combinatorics”
Circling Back, Rodney Returns to Full Circle Horse Park
Training Journal Back to Full Circle Horse Park last Sunday. First trip, a week earlier [Looking Around, and Around, and Around, Rodney at Full Circle Horse Park]. Would Rodney be better? Worse? The same? I was banking on better. How much better? A little? It took him over half-a-dozen trips to settle inContinue reading “Circling Back, Rodney Returns to Full Circle Horse Park”
Haynet PSA
Horsekeeping And this, Ladies & Gentlemen, is why you always tie down (or snap down) objects in the truck bed of a gooseneck rig. Air currents get funky back there. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott