Big pony, tiny stride
The theme for the show weekend was the inability of my huge horse to make it down the lines because he was just SO exhausted. We schooled well Thursday, a bit lazy over fences after a slightly spooky flat (that…
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Author Archive: Stampyandthebrain
Bareback Pad Review plus pony update
As a rider who spends what I believe to be an above average amount of time riding bareback (at least once a week), I wanted to review the two different bareback pads I’ve owned and used. Coolback Bareback Pad Since…
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Blog Hop: Fess Up To Your Mistakes
Here’s another Viva Carlos Blog Hop! From L: We love our horses, but we are human. Being human means we are prone to mistakes, some of us try to gloss over and hide them. A lot of it has to…
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Wildlife and pony socks
As you can tell from my last post about Hoary Alyssum, my week wasn’t really that great for riding. Monday was the first day the boys’ legs starting getting big. P was looking ouchy all over pretty much so I…
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Hoary Alyssum strikes again
Hoary Alyssum is a weed that can be toxic to horses. It is also a weed that grows on the property where I keep my horses. I was unfortunate to experience the effect of this weed on my horses for…
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The baby graduates
Today Juneau had her final exam at her obedience class and I’m proud to say that the baby graduated with flying colors. After class we stopped to get Juneau a celebratory Starbucks puppuccino (whipped cream in a cup). Juneau had…
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Better late then never
So first a show recap to go with the picture I posted on Wednesday! This picture is from our first class of the weekend, which was equitation over fences. He was great, just one late lead change where I think…
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Wordless Wednesday – Fancy Stampy
Wordless Wednesday – Furkids edition
In One Piece
Since I haven’t written about what the boys have been up to for a while, I figured it was time. Phoenix had a sudden lameness the week before last where he was fine at night but came out of his stall…
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