Putting on the RITZ!.....errrr weight
on Nov 7, 2009This is the last of the posts that I wrote during the picture challenge.... So impersonal...sorry. This is a post that has been in draft form in various stages since I first started my blog almost a year ago! So great to get it published.So how to pu...

Do you demand quality?
on Nov 6, 2009Another scheduled post - I'm off to the LOVE 50 mile ride!On Sunday (10/25/09) I went to a dressage clinic, put on my by trainer. I went for the following reasons:CHP was going to be there to answer any and all questions about trailers and the road...

Update
on Nov 5, 2009I've decided to go to the LOVE ride if Farley looks good when I get home. So far the weather forecast is predicting no rain for Saturday, although it will probably lightly rain the 2 days before. Thanks for all the comments about the dressage tests...

Rider Error
on Nov 5, 2009Karen Chaton posted a very good blog on 10/26/09 about pulls and evaluating the cause. Although I agree that in most cases the root cause can be traced to rider error, I think that it's possible that some of the fault can lay with chance or fate.You...

Question and Answer with the CHP
on Nov 4, 2009At the dressage clinic I went to on 10/25/09, there was an opportunity to speak to a CHP officer (California Highway Patrol) about trailers, towing, licensing, and anything else relevant to California roadways. I wanted to share some of the informati...

Blog contest
on Nov 4, 2009I've decided to hold my first-ever blog contest.The prize will be a hand-knitted, stuffed animal from yours truely. I'm almost done with it.....it will be very very cute - I promise. This will solve the very pressing question of what to do with the d...

Buck Meadows CANCELLED
on Nov 3, 2009Yep - no fifty miler for me this weekend. No renegade trial before Desert Gold at Thanksgiving.So here are my options:1. Try to do the Oroville LOVE ride which is also Saturday.Con: 2.5 hours away. It's suppose to rain the day before and the day of t...

Revelation 7
on Nov 3, 2009 in revelations 7. Let's see if I can put this into words. I'm having a hard time describing what I mean.When I'm bitterly dissapointed in endurance, or feel like I "failed" a ride - it's usually because my horse has ended up injuired.In dressage I can be dissapoint...

Oh!
on Nov 3, 2009Oh! is such a wonderful word (at least according to my trainer).According to her, this is the appropriate response when told something by any show official."Oh!"It's not a lie, it's not an admission of guilt, it's simply an expression that allows the...

I think too much
on Nov 2, 2009Warning – non horsey post. The type of post that I could post if only my blog had an “Etc.” in the title…which is doesn’t which theoretically means I should be able to stay on topic. *sigh*. But sometimes the urge to write is so strong…36...