Today I was standing by the dressage ring watching my working student lunge her horse when one of the boarders asked if there was something wrong with the horse. I was kind of stunned. Do people not lunge their horses as part of their regular routine? Actually, when I stop to think about it many do not. And […]
It seems like everyone is talking about Mindset these days. I hate to even bring it up, but your mindset really does effects how you ride. To put it simply your mindset is the way you think or perceive the world. We all have a mindset: good, bad, ugly, and in between. It is how we look at […]
So, I had my second date with “The New Guy” on Monday. I remembered how to ride. The Man, has his feeling hurt a little bit. He is aware that he is not getting the attention he is used to. He is kind of like my second husband. He is capable of doing what I need him to do, […]
Continuing my quest for Gold, there is not straight road.
Burned out and ready to quit? We have all been there.
Today I had a very new experience for me. And I just have to share. I tried to fire a boarder today. And she would not leave. Today is the first day of the month and as required by my boarding I emailed her last night to give her a 30-day notice to move her horse. I […]
For the longest time I rode in a Wintec Isabella. And most of my students rode in Wintecs. But when I purchased Ahab, my Wintec saddle did not fit him. Ahab is shaped like a pot-bellied pig, but that is another story. This post is about saddles. So I started looking for a new saddle. My trainer and I tried […]
No matter what you want to do or how well you ride being an active learners makes all the difference in the world.
Sometimes, judges tell us things we don’t want to hear. Sometimes they tell us things we need to hear. It can be like having a courageous conversation..
When we start riding, we have the tendency to think and ride slow. Our brain tells us that if we ride slow we have more control. We want to be in control and we want to be perfect. This is totally backwards. Like most things involving horseback riding speed is counterintuitive. We have more control when the horse […]
