How old is the youngest/greenest horse you’ve ridden?   I've sat on late 2 year olds just so it's no big deal later. Actually ridd...

I continue to fantasize about having the time to focus a little more on horses and riding. Sadly, I am not independently wealthy, nor am I y...

Until recently, most of the concepts we've been teaching Bridget (and myself!) have been pretty simple. We've come so far, but 99% o...

So, last year at this time, my coach set up the following "simple" exercise: Circle of Death. And it kicked our butts. Ev...

*Not a post about rewarding the pony with treats, not something we do here since Midge is incapable of being polite about such things for an...

I have a confession: I was already skeptical of the footing on our planned foxhunting route this weekend, so when I woke up to pounding rain...

Piccolopony ,  awesome blogger and the owner of one of Bridget's soulmates, Katai, asks us: How does your current (or past) traine...

I've been really struggling to stay positive this fall. A bit of it's the weather, maybe the shorter days. A lot of it's work re...

Title as such because we all know plans change! As a quick recap, we had a pretty busy spring and summer show season, followed by a qui...

As I was complaining about the mare herd's poor behaviour this week, I checked the weather forecast in hopes of some decent riding weath...

"Can't Even" sums up all of my rides this week. The mares just can't horse right now, to the point where putting Q's b...