Calm, Forward, Straight

We're on a roll. Sort of. A synopsis of events since spring: - Val becomes three legged lame with a never pops mystery abscess. Six ...

Sometimes the very best things come out of a seemingly random chain of events. Last year I ran across Mary Wanless' name in a comment ...

(warning - long catch-up post ahead) I am so not good with control issues. No - really. Not good. Another in your face horsemanship lesso...

Our big excitement this week was the first tropical system of the season - Beryl. Say what?! No, not even kidding. The beginning wasn...

Another good ride with the new tack, and another breathtakingly beautiful day. Sunny, perfect temperature, Carolina jasmine blooming up a st...

The half halt is one of the foremost balancing tools. It is one of the main keys to forging harmony between horse and rider. This is so bec...

Is it just me, or does time really speed up over the holiday season? Don't blink or it will be over. That's how I feel these days. I...

Monday afternoon. One of my goals for this clinic was to figure out how to accomplish the warm-up in a timely and efficient fashion, with...

Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the horse through his glass of his knowledge a...

Let me paint a picture... Sunny and hot, no wind, and about 50 mosquitoes per square inch. Not kidding. Bug spray, even the very expensive...