We got a fair bit of rain last week, and there were some storms forecast the weekend as well. The farrier was out on Thursday, and all four of our horses got their feet trimmed. Zoey is healing slowly. Brian rode her briefly last Sunday, but she was favoring her injured leg a tad at… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
Lessons and Visitors
I have apparently not quite settled back into consistent blogging mode, so another catch-up post it is. The end of September was busy. I had some sort of strange illness that mostly amounted to me feeling kind of bad but not horrible unless I tried to do something physically taxing, at which point I would… Read more »
Laredo Weekend
With Zoey out of commission, we were down to three horses for the weekend. We decided to focus on getting Laredo out and covering some ground. His tight hocks seem better, and he’s actually getting a tad chunky. Yesterday Brian rode Laredo and I rode Steen and we were out for over two hours. It… Read more »
Three Great Rides on Steen
I had a little phase where my rides on Steen weren’t going so great. He caught a little cold that was going around the pasture, and had a cough, but his cough seemed better the more I rode him so that made me feel like I shouldn’t just give him some time off. Still, he… Read more »
Zoey Update
In some ways, our summer with Zoey hasn’t gone at all as planned. After a trim a few weeks ago, she was a bit footsore. We gave her some time off. When she got over that, she had a strained stifle or hock. We gave her some more time off. As soon as that cleared… Read more »
The Teeth of a Four-Year-Old
As is quite obvious, my blog has languished this summer. For the first time since I got Steen in 2008, I have utterly fallen out of the habit of posting about my rides. But I don’t want to let this blog die, and catching up feels daunting, so I’m going to just jump right back… Read more »
Back to Going in Circles
So many of the horse blogs I read have been suffering this summer, and the same has been true of my own Thankfully I have been out riding and learning a lot. Unfortunately, not everything I learned has been good. A couple weeks ago I found out that Richard Caldwell, one of my all time… Read more »
Summer Riding
Robin posted a while ago about how amazing our July weather was. It didn’t last. The second half of the month was very hot, and we didn’t get quite as much riding in. But now August is back to great temps. We spent some really long days at the barn this weekend. Saturday’s ride ended… Read more »
The One Where I Almost Get Bucked Off
There we were, loping up a beautiful grassy hill; Robin was on an energetic but attentive Steen, and I was riding a happy to be out but somewhat lethargic Laredo. The temps were in the 60’s and a strong wind was blowing out of the north. It felt like late September. And then Laredo threw… Read more »
Getting Out Alone
My introduction to horses started a little over five years ago with following Robin to the barn to watch her ride Steen. From there I slowly learned a few things about grooming, tacking, groundwork, and later, riding. My interest grew slowly for a few years, and eventually I ended up with my own horse. My… Read more »