Speeding up a SLOW walk: Road to the Tevis Cup # 41
Some ideas for speeding up a slow walk. Because jigging is a closely related problem, I include suggestions on how to deal with that too. Please share your ideas and I’ll add them!
Road to the Tevis Cup # 40: Update on Fantazia’s soundness
My last post about Fantazia was all about identifying her mysterious injury. She had come up slightly lame in the right hind at the Cuyama… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup # 40: Update on Fantazia’s soundness
Road to the Tevis Cup # 38: Identifying Fantazia’s mysterious injury
On March 27th, the third day of the Cuyama Oaks xpride (and our second), Fantazia came up lame. Or, as Dr. Nicholson put it, she… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup # 38: Identifying Fantazia’s mysterious injury
Road to Tevis #37: My first experience with riding tights
Believe it or not, my first experience with riding tights was last month, at the Coso Junction xpride (supposed to be in Eastern Mojave, but… Read More »Road to Tevis #37: My first experience with riding tights
Road to Tevis #36: Benefits of using a heart rate monitor
Yesterday Fantazia and I came back earlier than planned from the Cuyama Oaks xpride. There are so many things to write about, and I will… Read More »Road to Tevis #36: Benefits of using a heart rate monitor
Road to Tevis #34: Our second ride in the desert, xp at Coso Junction
Lots of pictures and videos, and a few words, about our second endurance ride in the desert, at Coso Junction. Mostly what we had to endure was weather!
Road to the Tevis Cup #31: Introducing Fantazia’s pasture mate, Beroni
A fun post about WSG Beroni, a Morgan gelding who is Fantazia’s pasture mate.
Road to the Tevis Cup Post #30: Our first endurance ride, finally!
Our first endurance ride, finally, nearly four months after I had planned to do our first fifty, was last weekend. We did the 50-miler on… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post #30: Our first endurance ride, finally!
Road to the Tevis Cup Post #28: Riding up to the snow!
Last Monday (January 25) it snowed here for the first time in decades. We are a bit low for snow, at around 800 feet. It… Read More »Road to the Tevis Cup Post #28: Riding up to the snow!
Dealing with aches & pains from horseback riding (Road to Tevis #27)
Dealing with the aches and pains from horseback riding is not at all specific to training for the Tevis Cup. Most riders at some point… Read More »Dealing with aches & pains from horseback riding (Road to Tevis #27)