West Coast event rider Gina Economou took her three-star horse Calidore to a jumper show this weekend and made it to not one, not two, but three jump offs, completing the competition without a single
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Show season may be over or in the process of wrapping up for most of us, but that doesn’t mean it’s a sad time. No! It’s an awesome time. We’re moving directly in to Year
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I love autumn and winter weddings, especially when they are in fabulous destinations with wonderful people and wonderful friends. By all accounts floating around on Facebook Lynn and Eric’s wedding was one for the ages,
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Apropos of nothing, this here is Olaf. Olaf caught my eye on Facebook the other day, mostly because of his smart outfit. Now, I don’t agree with dressing your horse like this for a cross
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It’s a week from Thanksgiving! In my world, this means massive amounts of pie baking. I went to my local wholesale produce store this week and bought an unreasonable amount of apples (read ~120 apples)
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Winter doesn’t have to be dull. It’s clinic “season” and there are tons of educational opportunities to expand your knowledge and occupy your time until spring. Even if you aren’t riding in a clinic, you’ll
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I am truly bummed that I didn’t get to make it down to Fresno County Horse Park yesterday to join in on the fun. Several of my friends took young horses to their first outings
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This week I busted out my barn jacket for the first time this season. I also wore a hoodie to the office as well as some fleece lined riding tights. (No, seriously. It’s a very
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TGIF!! Seriously though, you guys. I’m pretty excited for my weekend, because while I’m not attending the last show of the year like I planned (thank you, Leo, for spooking and running into the fence
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Today we’re sending well wishes to beloved trainer Nadeem Noon, who has reportedly been moved to hospice care following a battle with Amyloidosis. According to an update last night on the Nadeem Noon Support Fund
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It’s hard to believe the 2015 season is winding down. But even though the calendar is slowly coming vacant, I must say I love fall and winter. The air is crisp, the horses feel well
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I once asked a friend of mine why she’d stopped competing. She told me that it was only in part due to costs and work, and that the majority of it was due to the
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It is cold and black out. It hasn’t rained a ton yet, so the ground hasn’t gone to mud just yet but soon it will. Evenings are spent wondering if those reflective eyes were a the
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Yesterday, not only was it boiling hot (Dear November: what the hell!!?) but I had a completely ridiculous thing happen to me. I was hacking along in the afternoon with my old man Nyls, and
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You know what? I actually love clipping season. Almost everybody else hates it, but I actually love the satisfaction of turning a hairy, dirty beast into a svelte and shiny sleek clipped model. I
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This weekend I made my return to eventing/adult rider debut, competing in my first recognized horse trials in eight years as a participant of the Adult Team Challenge at the Virginia Horse Trials. I was
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What a Halloween. A Breeder’s Cup Classic win out of American Pharoah, an extra hour to sleep in today and the traditional 50% off Candy sales start today. All of these great things are almost enough
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One of my favorite events is this weekend, the Virginia Horse Trials. Having grown up just a little over an hour away from the Virginia Horse Center, it’s a huge part of why I started
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I have this feeling, right now, that if I took a stranger into my barn, and told them that one of the horses inside was in fact a ridiculously good jumping 3* horse, they would
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Man, I really can’t believe it’s almost the end of October. I’m also turning 30 on Friday, but we won’t talk about that part. I’m not particularly looking forward to the dreary, cold winter we
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We’re entering the final week before what I like to call The Dark Time. Daylight Saving Time ends in just seven days. The extra hour of sleep is nice, but I am really going to
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It is SO good to see US and Canadian riders doing well overseas. It’s been a struggle for the past few years, but once it starts coming together it really starts coming together. I don’t know
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Jogs in heels are always an adventure. Jogs in heels on a varied terrain grassy strip with a giant red dinosaur that sometimes thinks flowers are spooky? What. Was. I. Thinking. I thought I was channeling
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