I ran across this post from the other day at rodneyssaga.wordpress.com – where the author asserts that, “Horsemanship is not a creative activity.” She makes a good argument, and at first I was nodding my head along in agreement. Then … Read more
Tag Archives: riding
Back from a break
Hi all, so I took a little vacation from writing. Didn’t have any one reason – just a few little ones. Needed to focus on the rest of my life which seemed to be creating a dam in my creative … Read more
Trail Riding
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Sunday was a glorious day here weather-wise. Upper 60s, clear blue sky, lots of sun. An absolutely perfect day to be out riding. A friend of mine had been wanting to go out on trail ride and everything just worked … Read more
30 Day Wonders
I picked Kanak up from the trainers today. I am very, very pleased with all he got accomplished with him. He is not a broke finished horse, but at this point he is a very well started 3 year old. … Read more
Legging-Up versus Rehab
I know it’s only been a few days since I gave the rehab rundown. When I was writing it though, I wasn’t thinking of Sierra as needing rehab. The rehab was for Ki, since he had a diagnosed injury to … Read more
On to rehab
This past Monday I hauled Ki and Sierra to have the vets take a look at them. Neither one was three-legged lame, but both were just not progressing in their training like I thought they should. I’ve done lots of … Read more
Is it Spring?
It must be just about Spring. Our highs have been in the 60s the last couple of days. I’ve been out doing way more, hence a lack of posts here. Yesterday everyone (all the horses anyhow) got de-wormed. It must … Read more
Declaration of War!
I CowgirLiz do hereby declare war on the vermin responsible for digging holes in my riding pen. Be you Ground Squirrels, Prairie Dogs or other varmints your life is now in peril. I did try to give you peaceful warning … Read more
The role of body work in conditioning a horse.
Today I worked with Sierra again. As I was going through doing my thing with her I was making mental notes of where we are at, where I would like for us to be and what might be getting in … Read more
Got a bug to go show.
The NRCHA Celebration of Champions starts tomorrow. In looking through the schedule and the draws I realize I have the bug to show. Again. Let me be clearer. For the last few years I could have cared less about showing … Read more