Calm, Forward, Straight

I spent a long time at the barn this afternoon. It was simply beautiful and I couldn't drag myself away. After manure duty, stall cleanu...

Yesterday was a very sad day. An amazing 34 year old horse, the first native Banker born in captivity - a piece of island history, my riding...

Well - I'm happy to say it took longer to line my truck up to the trailer than it did to load Val. Our trip to my trainer's farm al...

The weather has been much improved in the last few weeks - Val and I have taken full advantage. We've finally gotten into a regular scho...

Val has a new neighbor. Cowboy arrived on Sunday afternoon. His people had been commuting 3 hours round trip to his boarding barn. I think t...

"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking." Buddhist proverb It seems like forever since ther...

We've been at the mercy of some unpleasant (and inconvenient) weather for the past month, as has much of the mid-atlantic region....

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25 January 2010 Reprinted from Horse and Country Matine in action with Andreas Helgstrand The sensational dressage mare Blu...