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
Time for an update on River’s progress! I took her on her first solo ride off the ranch Sunday. At that point, I’d had her… Read More »Update on River’s progress (Road to Tevis #104)
Before I talk about what’s in my horse trailer, I should warn you that I’ve got a relatively primitive set-up. I use the old Featherlite… Read More »What’s in my horse trailer?
Many people have asked me about Jazz since I said good-bye to him in August. (Read Saying good-bye to Jazz.) I’ve repeatedly said, I have… Read More »What’s up with Jazz? He’s completed a 100-mile ride!
Getting to know River is taking far more time that I had imagined when I bought her in August. First, it took a month to… Read More »Getting to know River, slowly (Road to Tevis #103)
As soon as Jazz was on his way back to Auburn I started looking for a replacement. Once again, I posted on Facebook on endurance… Read More »Meet my new mare River (Road to Tevis #102)
I didn’t know at the time, but the Buck Mountain Boogie was Jazz’s and my final endurance race together. (See Saying good-bye to Jazz.) There… Read More »The Buck Mountain Boogie endurance ride (Road to Tevis #101)