Finding the right saddle is far more important when you are riding endurance than when you are galloping racehorses or training show horses. When people… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post #20: Finding the right saddle
Well.. I suppose technically I mean prerequisites for riding the Sierra Nevada foothills. I’m about 10 miles from Sequoia National Forest. The training barn is… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post #19: Prerequisites for riding the Sierra Nevada
I’m a bit late with this post, because I’ve really had nothing to say. After waiting several weeks post smoke exposure (see my post on… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post # 18: Back on the trail
After a forced six-week lay-off due to smoke from wildfires, Fantazia is fat and full of energy. I am dying to get back on our… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post # 17: Return-to-conditioning exercise
Fantazia is getting fat
Fantazia is still recuperating from her smoke exposure–in fact, today (October 11) was the first day the AQI did not go over 200. So no… Read More »Books about the Tevis Cup (Road to Tevis # 15)
My second major training gaffe (or accident) took place way back in July. I’ve been waiting for the injury to fully heal. Due to the… Read More »The Road to the Tevis Cup, Post #14: The Arena Gate Incident
Things Fantazia is afraid of makes my inner grammar-police go mad, but! This is going to a short, lighthearted post. The sloppy grammar is quite… Read More »The Road to the Tevis Cup, Post #13: Things Fantazia is afraid of…
When I bought Fantazia, Jenna told me all she knew about her. Mostly, it was good. The only real problem Jenna had experienced was keeping… Read More »The Road to the Tevis Cup, Post #12: Feeding an anxious horse
Fantazia’s endurance training has been put on hold due the the insane fire activity in California (and much of the West coast). Riding in smoke… Read More »The Road to the Tevis Cup, Post # 11: (Not) riding in smoke from wildfires