This is the week of lessons ramping up to the horse show. Usually I do one group lesson and one training ride for Simon per week, but on a horse show week I’ll swap a training ride for a lesson. That combined with my usual weekend lesson means a group jumping lesson every other day until we go to the show to school on Friday. That much instruction means we have to improve… right? Right?!? Heading to Sunday’s lesson I…
My horse has put me on the equine sex offenders list, and I’m not very sure I can argue with him. Here’s my confession… in 18 years of riding horses I have never cleaned a sheath. I know, I know… you may cast your stones at me. You may call me an awful horse owner…. but it’s true. See, the place I learned to ride taught me excellent horse care. I could muck a stall and cold hose a leg before…
We are now 9 days out from my next show, and I am doing a stellar job preparing… NOT (You have to read that ‘not’ in a Borat voice or it loses all effect). Let me share with you some of my plan, so you can duplicate before your next big shindig. Stress eat because work is so… stressful. Added bonus for trying on your show clothes and having the buttons on your show shirt laugh at your attempts to…