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From Inside The Ropes

Day 6 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Time to be positive. Originally, I planned to indulge in a rant on the state of American riding, cross-country and otherwise. However, after reading Donna Freedman’s post on not cluttering up email inboxes, I realize any complaints would only add onlyContinue reading “From Inside The Ropes”

Foto Friday: Celebrity Mounted Games

Day 5 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. The best show on the grounds is Big Name Riders doing cameos in the Prince Phillip Cup. For the nonhorsefolks among us that means big people on small ponies playing horseback games at top speed. This works because a) so manyContinue reading “Foto Friday: Celebrity Mounted Games”

Digital Killed the Party

Day 4 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. The press tent isn’t fun anymore. I have the gray hair. I’ve done the time. Let the curmudgeoning begin. Back in the day, when the competition and the press conferences were over, writers and photographers were done. No horses to photograph.Continue reading “Digital Killed the Party”

Riding at Rolex

Day 3 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. There was a microsecond where I felt what it might be like to be a Rolex competitor. It was both an illusion and one of the high points of my life. It happened thusly: In April of 2010, Rolex was practicingContinue reading “Riding at Rolex”

Lexington, sorta

Day 2 of my Journey of the Spirit to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. Although technically a trip to Lexington, Kentucky, a trip to Rolex means spending every waking hour at the Kentucky Horse Park. Despite years of visits, I can only offer three places in Lexington that I have done more than drive past:Continue reading “Lexington, sorta”

Peregrinatio in Stabilitate

“Pilgrimages of the heart, not of the feet.” Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks Ken Jennings [Scribner 2011] Both horses are in high investment/low return mode at the moment. Instead of perseverating on their lack of progress, I will spend this week in a journey of the spirit to Central Kentucky. InContinue reading “Peregrinatio in Stabilitate”

Foto Friday: A Short Tribute to Amy Tryon

Rolex 2008. A course walk with Ms. Tryon was always intimidating. She’d wave her hand at some enormous pile of wood and say, “Oh, just kick over this.” I interviewed her three times: on fireproofing barns [The Horse], winter exercises [Eventing USA], and time management [Eventing USA]. That ties her with Michael Poulin for theContinue reading “Foto Friday: A Short Tribute to Amy Tryon”