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”
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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…”
For the love….
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 No electronics, today was the anti-gizmo. We rode on Tuesday after a gorgeous snowfall only for the love of riding. Khaleesi is slightly less of an anchor, she’s starting to move along with us. Faygo is more patient and I was Stacy Westfall for parts of the ride- no hands onContinue reading “For the love….”
Gizmo
Valentines Day, Saturday, February 14, 2015 It was a Faygo day. Tomorrow is supposed to be true winter storm: high winds, snowfall, and subzero temperatures. Yes, I’m dedicated to training even in less than perfect days- but I’m not doing that. So today is the last riding day I’ll have until possibly Friday if theContinue reading “Gizmo”
Twenty-Three
February 13, 2015 Twenty-three degrees. Really, it wasn’t so bad. I did invest in winter riding tights and sub-zero gloves, I might as well have an occasion to use them! And it was sunny, lovely afternoon really… Once again, without a goal in mind I might have just stayed home. I wasn’t thrilled with someContinue reading “Twenty-Three”
Cloud Nine Ride
February 8, 2015 In thinking of a title for this post I could only come up with something to attempt to describe how pleased, happy and elated I am after today! This is the best day of 2015 (so far!). I felt Khaleesi was ready for a trail ride, but not alone, and I had come up shortContinue reading “Cloud Nine Ride”
Rider Training
Friday, February 6, 2015 I have focused mostly here about training and conditioning the horses but I have been thinking hard about the fact that an endurance ride also means conditioning and training of the rider. Me. I’ve read a ton about what I need to do to get my horse ready, but I’m not completelyContinue reading “Rider Training”
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