Teaching Jazz to ground-tie (Road to Tevis # 75)
Last year around this time I shared a post on the Advantages of Ground-tying. In that post I include some suggestions on how to train… Read More »Teaching Jazz to ground-tie (Road to Tevis # 75)
Bumps on the road to the Tevis Cup (post # 74)
I haven’t been posting much lately, primarily due to non-horse related circumstances. New job, moving, family difficulties; these limit my time, and any extra time… Read More »Bumps on the road to the Tevis Cup (post # 74)
Errata! mea culpa… But this is meant to be fun.
My last post, Results of the 2022 Tevis Cup, had several errors. People pointed them out, and I fixed them to the best of my… Read More »Errata! mea culpa… But this is meant to be fun.
Results of the 2022 Tevis Cup (Road to Tevis #73)
One more Tevis gone by without me. I missed last year’s Tevis due to a series of mishaps; see my post at the time about… Read More »Results of the 2022 Tevis Cup (Road to Tevis #73)
Adapting conditioning and training to fit the horse (Road to Tevis #72)
Adapting conditioning and training to fit a specific horse is almost always necessary. There is no true one size fits all when it comes to… Read More »Adapting conditioning and training to fit the horse (Road to Tevis #72)
It’s better to ride rarely than not at all (Road to Tevis #71)
Last week I wrote about the dangers of infrequent exercise. That was a follow-up to my post about being a weekend warrior. Some people had… Read More »It’s better to ride rarely than not at all (Road to Tevis #71)
The dangers of infrequent exercise for your horse (and you)
The dangers of infrequent exercise for horses and riders really depend on the situation. My last post addressed my current weekend-warrior state (Being a weekend… Read More »The dangers of infrequent exercise for your horse (and you)
Why I don’t give horses “time to settle in”
About six weeks ago, I got a new horse, Jazz. The day after I brought him home, I rode him. First I did some ground… Read More »Why I don’t give horses “time to settle in”
Working with a green horse (Road to Tevis #69)
Working with a green horse is such a general topic, I doubted whether to include it in my Road to Tevis blog posts. What is… Read More »Working with a green horse (Road to Tevis #69)