I’ve gone through a slew of saddles in the past few years, and my amazement never ceases each time I have a breakthrough in my riding that has nothing to do with my riding or how much I practice, but with a simple change in equipment. I’ve already written up about upgrade to a Hennig […]
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Well… this time around showing both boys, I had over an hour between dressage rides, which was AWESOME! Forrest’s score went down about 5 points from last time to a 39.8. He still “leapt” into the canter, which the judge knocked me for, but I’m glad she didn’t see how bad it used to be, […]
Jesse wanted to see how Forrest fared at Training level before she entered him in the next competition, so due to closing date conflicts, it was just Monte at this one. I felt better coming into this show – more prepared, like I’m finally getting the hang of things. Dressage Friday afternoon, then SJ and […]
This weekend, Monte and I set out to redeem ourselves while Alloy and I hoped to have a nice move up to Training from Novice. And, well, it all worked out in the end. I finally started posting in my dressage tests with Monte along with going for a lower level frame, and it paid off […]
You can’t judge a good book by its cover. The same goes for horses, especially when considering gender. A woman e-mailed me the other day about two mares I have for sale. “I’m an advanced beginner and want something to build my confidence,” she wrote. “Would either of these horses work for me?” Either would […]
the training scale 