Saturday, April 4, 2015 Once again Nancy and I had planned to do my long ride, but the elements threw a curve. There was heavy rain on Friday and the Jackson River was rolling high. Nancy didn’t think Mireyah was ready for a high crossing yet, so we improvised once again and decided to takeContinue reading “I’ll Follow You Into The Dark”
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Gaiting Speed Graphics
Friday March 27 & Sunday, March 29, 2015 This weekend brought particularly cold weather back, snow and wind. I had planned a big ride with Faygo on Friday where my friend Nancy would ride half the distance with me on her fiery little paso. The morning ended up in a very cold rain, so weContinue reading “Gaiting Speed Graphics”
Miles… Inversion… and Misc…
Update: Sunday March 22 – Tuesday March 24, 2015 As for Faygo, we rode one of my favorite trails on Sunday and did just under 12 miles and with a moving average of 4.6 we’re still improving. I don’t pay as much attention right now to the overall average because I’m not always able toContinue reading “Miles… Inversion… and Misc…”
Concert Day
Saturday, March 21, 2015 Tonight is an orchestra concert with dress rehearsals in the afternoon, so very little barn time. But with spring weather flirting with us, I had to take a little time in the morning with the girls. Khaleesi seems to be continuing to improve. She’s walking even slightly better today. Faygo andContinue reading “Concert Day”
Stall Rest
Friday, March 20, 2015 There is a saying: Once a horse is born, it spends the rest of its life trying to kill itself. Thankfully Faygo seems to not fit that mold- she rarely injures herself accidentally. Some horses seem very accident prone – if there is a nail they will step on it, ifContinue reading “Stall Rest”
Walk a mile in my hoof boots
Sunday, March 15, 2015 I looked back at some of my posts and the thread I found recently was the constant question: “When am I going to get more miles?” Today. We got more miles today. Weather was great (cool but nice), footing was acceptable (slightly muddy with a thawing top to a still frozenContinue reading “Walk a mile in my hoof boots”
Over the river and through the woods
Friday, March 13, 2015 Today was another farrier day. Faygo now has front shoes on for the season and is looking good. Khaleesi got a trim and her feet are also in good shape. The bruise from 6 weeks ago has hardened and healed up and with the hoof trim you can’t tell it happenedContinue reading “Over the river and through the woods”
Spring Ahead
Sunday, March 8, 2015 Daylight Savings Time begins! I still teach until well past dark most evenings, so it won’t help much with more riding time, but on weekends it’s nice to have just a bit more light to play with- to not have to hurry quite so much to get into the barn beforeContinue reading “Spring Ahead”
The Tack
Friday, March 6, 2015 With another snowfall midweek, Friday came with some fresh snow, sunny skies and mild (for winter) temps in the 20s and because I wasn’t sure how the footing would be I decided to ride Faygo alone. If I’m dragging “the anchor” Khaleesi along it’s harder to maintain good balance in caseContinue reading “The Tack”
Lend me your heart…
Beginning of March, 2015 I’ve been on a blog-break and spent a week in sunny Florida where we DID take a palm tree forest trail ride to see a different kind of riding, it was just good to get on a horse in short sleeves. Upon returning to the cold VA mountains we found almostContinue reading “Lend me your heart…”
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