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Fun Friday!

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 35 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Fun Flatwork Ride Notes It’s Friday. Not just any Friday. I have next week off. So that means I may not be posting

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Lazy Lunge

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 20 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: None Today’s Goal: Soundness check. Ride Notes I woke up on time, I did. I just didn’t get out of bed on time. Damn! I got

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Four Foot! FOUR FOOT!!!!

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 35 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Jump some four foot fences. Ride Notes OMG, OMG, OMG! I had butterflies on my way out to the barn. Four foot. I

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The Swarm

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 45 Minutes Ride Location: Ring/Trail Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Forward movement, then some relaxing. Ride Notes Another difficult wake up this morning. It was like soup outside. 70 degrees with 250% humidity.

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A Case of the Mondays

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 35 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Make Monday more like Friday Ride Notes I know, I know, A case of the Monday’s has been used up. But has it

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Ask Frankie: Dressage Queens, Snarky Leeches, & Horse Tools

How Can I Get Dressage Queens to Respect My Western Skills? Location: Utah Horse: 8 yr old Quarter Horse gelding Discipline: Western Rider Age: 36 Hey Frankie, I love your videos. I don’t ride English, never have, but my barn

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Land Mines

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 45 Minutes Ride Location: Field Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Soundness check! Ride Notes I really, really wanted to sleep in this morning. I stayed up far past my bedtime. For an early

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Gnats

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 35 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Jump 3’9″ Ride Notes I have to start close to the end for you to fully comprehend the awesomeness of today’s ride. It’s

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Head in the Clouds

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 55 Minutes Ride Location: Ring/Field Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Lameness check – Collection Ride Notes I don’t know what was wrong with me this morning, but it was one thing after another.

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We Have Lift Off

Ride Stats Time of Day: Morning Ride Time: 35 Minutes Ride Location: Ring/Field Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Jump! Jump! Jump! Ride Notes I didn’t sleep much last night. Which made the alarm clock even more jarring than usual. Of course

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Cutting Corners

Ride Stats Time of Day: Early Morning Ride Time: 55 Minutes Ride Location: Ring/Trail Saddle: Huntseath Today’s Goal: Get ready for some jumpin’ Ride Notes I knew three things for sure heading to the barn this morning: 1) Last night

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Ask Frankie: No Drama Barns, Warmblood Speed, & Making Horse Friends

Can I Find a Real No Drama Barn? Name: Charlotte Location: Europe Horse: None Discipline: English Rider Age: 38 Frankie, I’ve been working in Europe for five years now and will be returning to the states in about four months.

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The Point

Ride Stats Time of Day: Early Morning Ride Time: 35 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: It’s Friday – Who Cares? Ride Notes I had a hell of a time dragging myself out of bed this morning. So.

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I Like Riding

Ride Stats Time of Day: Early Morning Ride Time: 40 Minutes Ride Location: Ring Saddle: Huntseat Today’s Goal: Test out the feet. Ride Notes A week. It’s been a week since I’ve been in the saddle. I don’t like being

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