River and I spent last weekend at the 2024 Cuyama Oaks xpride. That is, we spent April 4th – 7th, 2024, in the Cuyama Valley,… Read More »The 2024 Cuyama Oaks xpride: Snow, rain, hail, and sunshine (Road to Tevis 111)
I learned how to braid tails years ago. When I was a child, I had several books with excellent illustrations and instructions on how to… Read More »How to braid a ribbon into a horse’s tail
This last Saturday was River’s second endurance ride, 50 miles on Day 2 of the Western Mojave xpride. Although she behaved well and completed the… Read More »River’s second endurance ride (Road to Tevis #110)
Finding the right saddle to ride 50+ miles in is really difficult. My first endurance saddle was an Abetta Serenity. It was relatively comfortable for… Read More »A McCall saddle custom-made for endurance (Road to Tevis #109)
I’ve been meaning to write this post about the old Stonewall endurance saddle that fits Fantazia perfectly for over a year. I’m finally getting around… Read More »The old Stonewall endurance saddle (Road to Tevis #108)
Because Fire Mountain was River‘s first endurance ride, I blogged about her last week. (Read about River’s first 50 here.) This was Fantazia‘s third time… Read More »My second ride to the Trona Pinnacles (Road to Tevis # 107)
Last weekend, four months and two days after I brought her home, River completed her first 50-mile ride at Fire Mountain. It took longer to… Read More »River’s first endurance ride (Road to Tevis #106)
The other day a friend and I were reading a terrible best 25 Tom Hanks films list from Paste Magazine. Terrible. I mean, they have… Read More »The 25 best horse movies and then some!
Since my last post about her (read it here: Update on River’s progress), I have confirmed that River needs a lot of training. Of course,… Read More »River needs a lot of training (Road to Tevis #105)
In my early years riding at the Hipodromo de la Zarzuela, the racetrack outside of Madrid, Spain, I lost my favorite baseball cap to one… Read More »Don’t wear yellow and other superstitions held by horse people