Horses in hats
Stampede was full of himself last night after being dead to my leg and uncooperative Monday and Tuesday (okay he wasn’t quite that bad…). I felt like he could have kept going for another hour, lol. He was giving me some…
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Tag Archive: Stampede
Questions
Figured I would join in on the question answering. I always enjoy learning more about fellow bloggers so hopefully this lets some people learn more about me. 1. Favorite thing about riding? Creating a relationship of trust with a horse…
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Mark Leone Clinic
My barn hosts a Mark Leone clinic every November, but I have never participated in the past although I’ve watched. I did have a great experience with an Anne Kursinski clinic when I was in my early teens, but then…
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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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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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