Ugh…I need a clearer goal

My rides have been really good lately. Frankie has been a saint and my riding has been improving. Until this weekend. We have had a handful of really gratifying, eye opening, exciting rides. 3’6″-3’9″ courses that were delightful. Perfect. Pretty. I mean to the point that I was really patting myself on the back and ready to put the sticks back up. Frankie is still going in the loose ring “danger bit”. He has been... Read More

Hunters, Not a Sport

not the riding, the judging If there is one part of English riding that I loath, its the Hunters. Not because there isn’t some style, grace, and purpose; I think everyone should start in the hunter ring. But, the politics involved in the pre-green through regular working hunters is a joke. I have been to many horse shows where you didn’t have to watch the rounds; as long as there wasn’t anything major that happened (refusal), you... Read More