Despite having nearly 13 years of horse experience (riding, training, showing, caring for, etc.), I had never witnessed a foal being born. Sure, I’d seen plenty of videos on it, and even been the first human contact for a few foals – thanks to some sneaky broodmares – but actually being present for a foaling … More The first foal
Figured I might want to scratch down the events that unfolded last night, so buckle up because it’s a bit of a ride. First, it actually started off fairly quiet, as I tagged along to pick up our broodmare and new colt (born April 26th) from the vet clinic. (Mare was considered slightly high risk, … More A Filly is Born
It’s said that you never stop learning when it comes to horses; you’re a perpetual student of all things equine. That seems to hold true because in some strange twist of events, I have quickly switched from showing and training horses to breeding and delivering horses. Craziness. There is a bit of a learning curve … More Broodmare Duty – 2021
With 2/3rds of our classes filmed for our next online show (that’s 14 classes out of 20, mind you), it’s time to start working towards the last 1/3rd – all of our English classes. Hank’s pretty good at most things English; it’s me that needs the work. Diagonals kill me every time, especially recently. I’ve … More Jumping between disciplines
I made a slight mistake recently, regarding the world of online horse showing: I signed up for too many classes. It’s not much of a problem unless you factor in that I decided to treat it like an intensive, self-made three day event with 20 classes spread out. Thankfully the third day is a week … More Equestrian Exhaustion
I’ll admit it, I’m starting to get hooked on Western Dressage, and not just because Hank looks so good doing it. It’s actually started helping us in our other disciplines. A month ago, it was common to see Hank loping around fairly fast with his head up in the air. Now – even after just … More The drive of Dressage
I talked about our first try at Western Dressage back at the beginning of April, showing my scores and judge’s comments. I’ve even got a YouTube video posted with a voice-over of our scores and judge’s comments for our first two (ever!) tests. By some stroke of luck, we managed to get first in both … More With progress comes rewards
Recently (as in April 4th), Hank and I tried a bit of Western Dressage through the online “show” Dressage Show Online. Yesterday, April 8th, we received our scores for the two tests we filmed and submitted. And wouldn’t you know it, we didn’t do half bad. In the few days between submitting and getting results … More A goal and a score
With nearly all travel-to shows being cancelled across the globe for equestrians, it seems the only way for these folks to get their competition fix is online, provided their barn hasn’t shut down due to the virus. Virtual horse shows aren’t a foreign concept – they’ve actually been around for several years now. They are, … More Loping into the world of virtual shows
It’s a Monday morning and I took care of quite a lot over the weekend. I guess first I should start on Saturday, when I spent nearly 7 hours at the barn getting ready for and filming 13 classes/tests for three different virtual horse shows. (The filming only took about 3 hours, and that includes … More A waiting game
Roaming Appaloosa 