Week of July 20, 2015 I am heading out of town next week to teach at a wonderful music camp in Charleston, SC so I’ve tried to pack two weeks of riding into one. I’ve made a valiant effort and we had a great week. Monday I wrote about our anniversary ride, then Tuesday IContinue reading “Flying”
Category Archives: Endurance trail riding
Just… Not… feelin’ it
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 My original riding plans fell apart for a few reasons. Then I woke up to dark skies and light rain (of course. It’s rained every day this summer) and though I knew it was supposed to clear up, I seemed to have a hard time re-grouping. After stalling with PR work, grant paperwork,Continue reading “Just… Not… feelin’ it”
H52611
Saturday, July 11, 2015 We have officially committed! I’ve registered Ireland’s Khaleesi as an AERC Grade Horse. Considering she has 4 different breeds, we decided to basically call her an equine mutt, which is what a Grade Horse is. Because she does have 1/4 Arab I could have chosen to list her as an Arab Cross,Continue reading “H52611”
Two people. One horse. One tough race.
Friday, July 10, 2015 Today Kate and I finally made a date to practice a ride & tie. We’d been tossing the idea around since May, and we decided to make a goal of the Iron Mountain Jubilee ride weekend at the end of August- so that meant we really had to get out thereContinue reading “Two people. One horse. One tough race.”
On track
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 As for our riding and training, I have to say there isn’t anything particularly exciting to report right now. I’ve taken a few rides since I last posted and for the most part they’ve been good and uneventful rides. I enjoyed an exploratory ride on Faygo over the weekend. We mapped outContinue reading “On track”
Alone Time
May 27 & 28, 2015 Work is slowing down a bit and I took a couple of mornings to spend some time with the girls one-on-one. First Faygo then Khaleesi. Faygo and I rode about 8 miles on my “power line” trail- we left the barn around 9am and though it was still the “coolContinue reading “Alone Time”
Bad Horsey
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 4 days to go….. I am writing this while getting a little fresh air and exercise heading back up the mountain. Hm, this is my second walk. First I went to get the girls from their field to realize I only had one halter. In retracing my steps I had toContinue reading “Bad Horsey”
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”
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