At some point over the last few years, my friend Melissa’s mare Misty started moving off awkwardly when first mounted. She flattened her croup and… Read More »Mysterious pain after mounting: A mare issue? Solutions please!
One of the best things about where I’m living now is that I can go out a back gate onto a very hilly cattle ranch.… Read More »The Road to the Tevis Cup, Post #4: How to calculate the grade of hills
I met Fantazia in fall, 2012, when i was living in Arcata, CA. She was so much fun to ride, I loved her from the first.
Fantazia’s first three weeks with me were all about me figuring out what she could and would eat and how to make sure she drank. I rode most days and we gradually became reacquainted.
Perhaps I ought to say “introducing my blog about my road to the Tevis Cup” because this is the first post. But that’s self-evident, so I’ll introduce the most important and unpredictable element of the road, my horse, PGN Fantazia.
Many people seem to worry iron overload in horses. They even seem to worry about iron overload in other people’s horses.. I don’t know enough… Read More »Iron overload in horses: Is it a real problem?
In this post, I will list some basic rules regarding sharing an arena with others. In this post on Trail Etiquette, I list some ideas… Read More »Arena etiquette: Do’s and don’ts of sharing an arena with others
There are fairly clear-cut customs or rules for riding inside an arena (see my blog post on Arena Etiquette). But what about riding outside an… Read More »Trail etiquette: Do’s and don’ts of riding outside the arena
Previously, I explained a simple trotting exercise that is just the right mix of fun and challenging (Training idea # 1). Here, I will describe… Read More »Training idea # 2: An advanced warm-up exercise for your horse
“What is that whip for?” was a comment I received when I shared my post about when to start training young horses. Yesterday on a… Read More »Using a whip is not horse abuse, it’s communication