Last weekend my friend and I decided to go to an indoor jumper show at Stoneleigh-Burnham, in Greenfield MA. I’ve taken Mr T to two schooling events last fall, in addition to two indoor jumper shows
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I set out to write this blog about how I wanted to become more decisive … that was a month ago. Why did it take so long? Partially because of multiple school finals (I was
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If you’re a 60’s child (or a Bible scholar) you definitely know this phrase: “To everything, there is a season … turn, turn, turn” —number one hit by The Byrds. A season is a time
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What’s in a name? Symbolism, history, simplicity? While my sister (an aspiring novelist), Chrissy, was visiting for dinner, we came to an agreement: When she makes it “big” as an author, she will become one
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I just finished reading Tamie Smith’s blog about unrealistic expectations for the probably the tenth time. It struck a such chord with me! She made so many valid points: things I need to be reminded
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January can be brutal; there’s no need for sugar coating. As I sit here typing these words, I can hear gusts of wind traveling through the woods and smashing into our home. Temperatures have reached
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I can see it all now. The groom, flinging something across the barn aisle, running screaming out of the barn, jumping in a car and driving away, never to be seen again. The trainer —
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As the guru George H. Morris once said, “Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.” No matter what level you’re at — whether you’re competing at
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Chinch, Stephanie and I are in Lexington this weekend for the USEF Convention. After a late flight in to Lexington, we picked up our badges this morning. After breakfast, Chinch and I attended the Board of
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Are horse people better people because they know struggle? What would we be if not dead broke 99% of the time? Do we have more common sense because we know taking a jump without knowing
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Eventing is as much a mental game as it is a physical one, and the best trainers can have a positive impact on both fronts. Maialisa Jensen, a Bio-Behavioral Health major at Penn State, explains the difference between
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Last week when EN’s sister site Horse Nation announced the winner of its fourth annual Back on Track “Horse Therapy” Essay Contest, the winning story struck an especially touching chord. In it Alyssa Kelley, of Boise,
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“One of the coolest things he ever taught me is sometimes you can’t tame crazy, but if you redirect it amazing things can happen.” I recently found myself Facebook stalking one of my buddies, Anna
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In riding it is so easy to have a goal but no real plan to make it there. Some of us have trainers to push us; some of us rely on good friends. More often
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Between traveling around for events, going to different clinics, and the random ‘I kind of know you (?)’ friend requests on Facebook, we’re bound to make new friends in the horse world… most likely all
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This sport has taken hold of me and never let go — as has the fight and spirit of my favorite breed: the Thoroughbred. Palmetto Moonshine, affectionately known as “Toddy,” is a 9-year-old off-track Thoroughbred
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I began riding at Dr. and Mrs. Bobby Hewlett’s Holly Hill Farm in Benton, Louisiana, as a freshman in college 10 years ago in the fall of 2005. Hurricane Katrina had just hit my home town
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There is a time and way of riding that went before us, that often is something we only read about in the old dusty books way up high on the top shelf. Perhaps we’re cleaning
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If some arbitrary person with the power to look into a glass ball and read my future told me five years ago where I would be today, I would have raised both eyebrows at that
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We are all in convention hangover, those of us who attended the 2015 United States Eventing Association Annual Convention. What that means is you’ve got at least two loads of laundry to do and a
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Full Moon Farm’s USEA Recognized Fall Horse Trials closed out the Area II competition season with a bang. Horses and riders were able to enjoy many of Full Moon Farm’s amenities including a beautifully decorated
...» Read More!The season is over. And I didn’t compete. Those are not easy words for me to write. I am not a “sit on the sidelines and watch” kind of person. I’m a doer. I think
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Most of us laugh about not recognizing friends without their helmets on, and make jokes about “real hair” (vs. helmet hair) but the real reason we should attend conventions is simple — communicating with peers.
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