Up and down
So I did get out of jury duty for the rest of the period, so that’s good. We also passed the two year anniversary of when Phoenix came back to me. I’m so thankful to have that furry old man…
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riding
Too busy
I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to post. I had a lesson on Tuesday where Stampy was really lazy. We had a long break before we jumped since the people jumping lower go first. I think he was just…
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Riding Photos and more
I finally had a great ride on Stampede Thursday night. I had the dressage whip out so we were going forward. We also practiced our counter canter since medal finals are in two weeks (eek!). He held his lead and…
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Random Catchup
My week of riding has been so-so. Monday I had a jumping school with Stampy. My forgetting to use leg came back to haunt me on my hunter course so I kept missing the spot on the in of my…
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Stampede Part 2
It has been so ridiculously hot, the boys are having their second day off in the row. They were sweaty last night just standing in their stalls. Wish I could bring them home and keep them in the living room…
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Stampede Part 1
The first time I saw Stampede was the summer after my sophomore year of college. I was leasing a really cute mare for the summer and they had brought him out and were ponying him around the indoor. He was already much…
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Phoenix Part 2
So Phoenix came back to me in August of 2010. I had no idea how much he’d been ridden so we started out slow, mostly walking and trotting around in the fields by the barn. We began treating his white…
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Phoenix Part 1
Phoenix – Our first show together
Hi
Welcome to Stampy and the Brain! I started this blog to talk about my two horses – Stampede (Stampy) and Phoenix (The Brain). In my next few posts I plan to tell you more about my boys. For now I’ll…
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