What’s Been Going On With Little Miss Ruby! We had a stint of bad weather and our training schedule got a little inconsistent for about a month or so. Luckily, Mother Nature has blessed us so far to start out 2020! We are back on track again and have made some great progress. Ruby Yesterday! … Continue reading Ruby Update January,13
Tacking Up Cool stood well on the cross ties yesterday. We put the saddle on him without any signs of him being girthy. Or that tightening the saddle on his back was causing him any pain. Well Behaved On The Lunge Line At Walk And Trot He was super well behaved on the lunge line. … Continue reading Project Cool- Day 3
Sunday-Wednesday So, the first day we worked with Cool was on Sunday. Due to two days of rain, today (Wednesday) was the next opportunity we had. Different Handler On Sunday, it was Christina that was working Cool. Today, it was Amelia, my working student. A Lot Different Cool was a lot different today than he … Continue reading Project “Cool” Day 2
The Rehab Story Of “Lil P” AKA Cool Cool is a 14-year-old TB gelding. You can see his pedigree below, and that he had 32 racing starts. His job in life up until about a year ago was a pleasure horse and a lesson horse. My more experienced students loved riding him. Just about a … Continue reading The “Cool” Project-Day 1
A Little Bit About TicToc TicToc is one of our newer lesson horses. He is a super sweet guy. Before we got him, I get the impression that he mostly was a back yard or trail riding horse. When we brought him home and started jumping him, it became apparent that he has never jumped … Continue reading Maggi & TicToc
In Case You Don’t Know What’s Up… I held a jumping clinic for a few of my students a couple of weeks ago. It was great because it was a small group of girls, so we really got to cover a lot and they all soaked it up like sponges! First, I taught them how … Continue reading Jumping Clinic Continued…Maggi & Marley
Here It Is! Critique On The Course Her opening circle was nice. He kept a nice pace and was carrying himself fairily well. Tic-Toc always wants to be on the forehand. That is a correction that we are working on with him all the time. His hind end was engaged, he was lifting his back … Continue reading Amelia’s Last Ride At The Clinic- Tic-Toc
A Fairily New Partnership Amelia has not ridden Finn that many times. Their partnership is fairly new. Amelia has a lot to learn from Finn. He is an experienced older horse that has more buttons than she knows how to push just yet. They are just beginning to learn to speak the same language and … Continue reading From My Perspective- Amelia & Finn
Yesterday’s Critique Yesterday, I did a critique of a photo of Christina and Ruby, the photo that you see below. We are taking it one step farther than I have in the past. Yesterday I critiqued the good and bad of the photo. Today, I will give some suggestions on what Christina and Ruby can … Continue reading Christina & Ruby Part 2
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words Sometimes I even surprise myself with how much I can get about a horse and rider in just one photo. This is a horse and rider combination that I know very well. So maybe you think that is cheating to critique them… Either way, here is my take … Continue reading From My Perspective- Christina And Ruby
