We've done it.  I have Courage reliably(ish) schooling first level. He's starting to feel like a trained horse when I ride him ...

Some of you set monthly goals, and I think that's cool. I set annual goals, because that's about all I can keep up with. It's la...

It was bound to happen sometime. I made it to the barn in the late afternoon. It was perfect fall weather--sunny and warm with a cool bree...

When I first started riding Courage, I was just so thrilled that he was quiet and easy that I didn't get too worked up about his way ...

Irie's mom and I set an actual course of jumps today. Yay! Before, we'd just set three different jumps side-by-side, which was ok fo...

I would post a picture, but, typical of me, I forgot to bring anything like a camera out to the barn with me. Whoops. Anyways, it came late ...

Let me preface this by saying that I am very familiar with treeless saddles. My instructor has owned the same one for at least ten years. Th...

I went and checked out the other boarding facility today. It's a little smaller than I expected, but I like it. There are only 10-15 hor...

We did lots of transitions again today. I have to focus pretty hard with her because (like her mother) she likes to pull me forward when we ...

It's nice when I can actually see progress. Izzy didn't want to work hard this morning, but again, I was using what we worked on in ...

I know several people who I will not name that have within the past couple of years decided to become "professional" horse people....

Isadora, "Izzy", is my first horse to really own. She's the first daughter of the lovely TB mare I leased for years and showed...