In the Zone
Wednesday night I purposely took care of Stampede first before riding Phoenix so I could have the ring to myself. It had been a long day at work, and I wanted to be able to focus on my riding and…
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Author Archive: Stampyandthebrain
Finally, maybe
First things first, let’s discuss the contest Hillary is having on her blog, Equestrian at Hart. As soon as I read the title of her post, I got excited. I had recently read about Higher Standards Leather Care on COTH, and was…
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Playing in the leaves
I took this video Friday. P loves to canter through leaves, you can see his ears go forward when we get near the section with the most leaves. Went to a horse expo earlier today and scored Ulcergard for $10/tube,…
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Time
Often my life seems to revolve completely around the time on the clock. Things like how early I can make myself get up to go to work, how late I can work and still have time to ride, and how…
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Rough
This week was really no fun for me outside of the barn for a bunch of reasons I won’t bore you with. These are the times when I’m glad to have the boys and my husband to keep me grounded….
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Sweater Weather
Yesterday I had a lesson on Stampede. Definitely a large improvement from last weekend. He was much more cooperative on the flat, even at the canter. I often have a hard time cantering him indoors because his stride is so…
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Recovery
In my last post I listed several items I was going to check into to get Stampede feeling better again so I thought I’d go through those. 1) Recheck saddle fit – his back has muscled up since he started…
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Lackluster
After some great rides with Stampede last week, he was totally different this week. I’m guessing he must be back sore for some reason, because he was angry and didn’t want to move off my leg. He also didn’t want…
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Hard work and lots of fun
My lesson on Saturday was great. We worked hard on the flat – posting trot with only one stirrup, extended trot with no stirrups, two point, collected trot, canter with no stirrups, etc. Stampede really seems to enjoy when we…
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Darkness
We are getting to the sad point of the year where riding outside after work becomes difficult because it gets dark so fast. It’s always sad because it’s also the best riding weather in my opinion. Tuesday we managed to…
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