Let us all be honest with ourselves that it is a great privilege to be able to ride, own a horse, compete, or take any part in this sport. I am so grateful for the opportunities I’ve been granted, and if I weren’t so determined to compete at the upper-levels and take as many lessons as possible, I might could comfortably have my horse and … Continue reading Money Saving Hacks // The Rider Pinching Pennies to run at an FEI.
Make sure to leave your tips or sagas of caring for your senior horse in the comments below! If you’re not active on my Facebook page, you may not have seen my recent posts when we (my parents and I) picked up my childhood horse. I had an incredibly, stout, “cow-horse” to learn to ride on when I was a kid, maybe 8/9 through the … Continue reading Caring for the Senior Horse
It’s been two weeks since we drove home from Middleburg, Virgina after contesting Frye’s and my first CCI3***-Long at Great Meadow. She comes back to my barn this weekend after her mini-vacation, so I should probably start pulling my wits together to plan out where we are going to run next, and how I’m going to afford it. Whenever I go to these longer horse-trials … Continue reading Great Meadow 2020 // First CCI3L
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Over the past few months, I’ve started but never completed my post on the fear I was working to overcome in my riding habit. This February I fell off in a competition, and while the actual fall wasn’t super painful, it was the catalyst to months of torment when I faced going back on cross-country. Within a few weeks, I fell off a training horse, … Continue reading I think Fear is Expensive
In the south combatting the sun and bugs are a major obstacle for most horse owners. My thin-skinned thoroughbred is a particularly difficult case. She has no patience for flies so I have to jump on my fly-protection early in the season. I‘ve listed my favorite fly-sheets below. It is definitely a difficult battle and can differ based on where you live. Because I reside … Continue reading Summer Fly Season // Fly Sheet Picks
In the few weeks since my last post, a lot of head-way has been made. No, I did not dye my hair, and I may have only made it to the gym like twice. But, there was one night I did fifty crunches before bed, and I realized that my vacuum wasn’t pulling all the Huckle fur up. Gross. Aside from getting myself in front … Continue reading Rider Diaries: Practice, Decision-Making in the Moment, and Chopping Wood
So, I did not have the greatest start to the show-season with my best mare. At the end of 2019, I came off a huge high. I had brought her back up to the intermediate level, really gotten in my groove on cross-country, and was putting the pieces together in show-jumping. The hope was to really come out this spring competitive and pull-off some wins. … Continue reading Rider Diaries: Patience
