About a month ago, I looked up my record on the AERC site. I noticed that it did not include Jazz’s Best Condition at Laurel… Read More »Jazz received Top Vet Score but not BC (Road to Tevis #90)
Last weekend I took Fantazia and Jazz back to the desert for the xpride that was supposed to be in the Cuyama Valley. Not surprisingly,… Read More »Training my horses during competition (Road to Tevis #89)
My endurance horses have been “enduring” an irregular feeding schedule for some time now. It hasn’t really hurt their performance at rides. Fantazia has continued… Read More »Effects of an irregular feeding schedule for horses
Last Thursday I hurried home from my morning lecture at Bakersfield College so I could load my horses in the trailer and head to what… Read More »The last Western Mojave xpride (Road to Tevis #88)
My right hip has always tended to be a bit tighter than my left. Around four years ago, I started having issues with that right… Read More »Dealing with hip pain associated with horseback-riding
This post has been a long time in coming. I got this saddle in April, 2021. I learned it was an original Orthoflex Express Lite… Read More »The Orthoflex Express Lite saddle (Road to Tevis #87)
I’ve been taking both of my horses to rides ever since I got Jazz. That means four rides since October. On the first two (Bill… Read More »Pros and cons of taking two horses to a ride (Road to Tevis #86)
I took Fantazia and Jazz to the Laurel Mountain pioneer ride last weekend and ended up with two surprise wins and one BC. Both were… Read More »Two surprise wins and one BC (Road to Tevis # 85)
When I shared my last blog post “On winning an endurance ride” on the AERC Facebook page, asking for feedback, the overwhelming response was that… Read More »How fast is too fast? (Road to Tevis # 84)
When I found myself wanting to delve into the doubts and second-guessing that happen when I’m riding in front at the end of my last… Read More »On winning an endurance ride (Road to Tevis # 83)