Lately, this blog has been mostly SB having meltdowns and stress shopping, which is pretty good entertainment I think. But hey, my wild-must...

Courage and Diva I found out early Wednesday morning that Courage and I could wiggle in to a baby lesson with our fancy eventing trainer...

I've been mulling this idea over for a while, and I think I now have a pretty cool progression to show as far as Cuna's conformation...

Rest assured my friends: despite my inconsistent riding and blogging, my tiny little brain has been churning like mad lately. Here's the...

Energy supplements are off the table. Here's why: I rode Izzy Friday for a jump school. She was fabulous, as per the usual and I think I...

I know I can't have as many lessons as I want, so it's in my best interests to read up on riding a lot and audit anything I can. It...

I woke up this morning and felt like I'd never gone to bed. Plus, now I have a sore throat and runny nose and a headache. :-( The obviou...

I'm taking the plunge and buying something for myself today. I go through breeches at an incredible pace. I always have. I have a friend...

Today was not our best day ever. It definitely wasn't the worst, but we had too much unresolved conflict. Izzy had another big spook at ...

In case you're like me and you don't know any French beyond "Mon dieu!", the title says, "The horse almost stopped...

The outdoor arena footing was good yesterday and today, so I rode Izzy in it. We have had two amazing days in a row, and I've probably j...

We were in the Doom Bubble again today. Usually it's just our lessoner friend in with us, but someone scheduled a beginner lesson at the...

Even before I got to the barn today, I decided we were going to take it easy. Either there's something wrong with my riding or there...

Keeping in mind the advice about lengthening attention spans, I decided to work Miss Izzy a little harder today. We've had several days ...

The weather is surprisingly cool here, which seems to have Izzy more alert and forward than usual. When I lunged her, I had to wait a while ...

Izzy was really, really good today. It's almost like riding a trained horse now. She still flips her head a little bit during transition...

Izzy's at that stage where she's starting to figure out what to do, but she isn't sure she really wants to do it. I know that pr...

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 ...

I stuck to my plan for this morning. Izzy ran for almost 10 minutes, then I tacked her up quickly. I left off her splint boots and just brus...