We had our first lesson tonight, and it went swimmingly! I had both been very excited and very nervous about it, but there was no reason to be worried. I talked about my goals with my trainer and our past issues, and then we got to work. Right away I realized the pace of the trot I ride with Simon is much faster than what S wants me to have. This is familiar, because its the same message that my…
I’ve been blogging for a long time. Not just since She Moved To Texas’ inception in 2010, but with my first domain (now a professional portfolio site) in 2001. This meant I blogged through high school and college and have made plenty of mistakes along the way. My biggest takeaway from those mistakes is don’t be a drama llama. With blogs I read going private, standing dormant, or even ending up on Chronicle and then going poof – I can’t…
7:00am: Alarm goes off. Two dogs pounce on you to see if it’s time for cuddling and love. You hit snooze. Dogs go back to sleep on top of you potentially cutting off circulation or breathing ability. 7:55am: You wake up, and overslept. Spend a groggy minute in bed contemplating if you can get away with not showering after only a somewhat warm evening at the barn. You get up and decide pony tails and perfume are an equestrian’s best…
But he didn’t have no name. He had a name, and his name was Whiskey. The radio silence for the past few days was due to my Memorial Day adventure vacation! Tim and I loaded up the dogs and met our friends out in Terlingua, Texas (aka desert in the middle of no where) to see Big Bend National Park. The only mountains I’ve ever seen are basically the Appalachian mountains and other similar mountains/foothills on the east coast, so…
Things I enjoy in life: riding my horse, diet coke, cool spring breeze, fancy stitch tack. Things I don’t enjoy in life: humidity, extreme dust, Friday afternoon meetings, bad drivers, and FLIES!!! To help troubleshoot the flies issue, Absorbine sent me three of their UltraShield fly sprays to review – UltraShield Sport, UltraShield Sport Continuous Spray (Aerosol), and UltraShield Red. I’ve been using these three products for about a month now, and have gathered my thoughts for you dear readers who may dislike…
I’ve never had a sunshine and rainbows relationship with my horse. That doesn’t mean I haven’t loved them, or that we haven’t expected each other or did cool things together… but a Black Beauty relationship it was not. Simon however, has been the exception to this rule. He is my Black Beauty. When I come to the barn, he whickers to me… almost without fail. As soon as he sees my car or me walking up I get this big…
Fact: You don’t show for the ribbons, you show for the experience. Also Fact: A crappy ride can earn the same ribbon that a good ride doesn’t earn. More Facts: I haven’t won a ribbon in a really, really, really long time… and I really miss them. For years, my ribbons stayed in a box with my mom because she was toying with the idea of sewing them into a quilt for me. I couldn’t really get behind that idea, because…
We all know OTTBs have the reputation of being firecrackers that excel at events like eventing and jumpers, but today’s feature is a little more calm… and well, forward and straight! Val from Calm, Forward, and Straight is a super handsome OTTB. What is his/her registered name? Sinister WInd – a hateful name, but weirdly appropriate since we live on a hurricane prone island. Lineage? Buckpasser, Native Dancer, Tom Fool and Man O’ War through War Admiral. Sadly the nearest…