attention fear gerbils After dressage, I stuck Courage in his stall with hay for an hour or so so he could just chill out and I could wa...

I am the best at stealing video stills off of cameras Courage got Friday off since both of us (I think) wee sore from leaping. My back n...

What can he be the best at today? Lest you think I am completely insane, here's a better write up of our lesson from Thursday. It ...

Calm and classy Let's just say it's been a rough few weeks in my world. When I found the time to go for a ride on C-rage,, I ...

Wheee! AKA "Courage is the best at flailing" AKA "WHO LET THE RACEHORSE OUT?" When S came out to give us a lesson,...

Plus I had to wear this cute jacket After watching the videos and reading the summaries of the William Fox Pitt clinic this week, I ...

Stephanie's working students from the summer are back in town for Christmas break, and we've been having a lot of fun. Here we are g...

I rode Izzy on Monday night, our first ride in almost a week. We had to ride indoors, so it was dusty and I felt cramped in the small area, ...

As I've mentioned before, I'm really working on riding Izzy freely forward, especially in our warmup. It's doing amazing things ...

I was delaying writing this post. I wanted Andrea's story to stay front and center for a while and I wasn't really sure what to set...

We just got back from a lovely vacation on the Oregon Coast. Ahhh. It may be commonplace to those of you who live close to the ocean, but fo...

As per my goals, this is my weekly post on how Izzy and I are tackling our issue of forward lately. First off, here's a picture of Izzy ...

The indoor arena was getting worked yesterday when I had time to ride, so outdoors it was. The only problem is that the arena was super deep...

Again, I took no pictures. All I can do on my own is pretty much just nose shots. Although I think she's adorable, her nose looks pretty...

I had a lovely ride this morning. I got Izzy forward, and she stayed soft and balanced almost the whole time. She's still absolutely not...

It was 40 f here yesterday, which seemed ridiculously warm. I took advantage of the last day of break to ride. Izzy started out well. We wen...

I turned Izzy out this morning before riding her because she'd had a long weekend. That was a pretty good idea. She galloped and bucked ...

My lovely lil' Corgi is making a trip to the vet this week, so the bridle has been put off for a while. Besides, I'm still waiting o...

Today was a perfect day to ride. Not too hot, not too cold, and no huge gusts of wind. I'm not a wind person. I decided to lunge Izzy to...

1) She's really pretty. She's my first horse, and she's absolutely gorgeous. Need I say more? I love seeing her out in the pastu...