April 2010
1 post
Little by little
Sorry for the hiatus - spring break and the new school quarter made things a little bit hectic again!
Monty has been very good lately, although a little tired I think. There is a supplement called DMG that is supposed to help them recover faster and up their energy a little bit and I think I might give that a try. The research says that it is quite useful in racehorses and eventing, so I...
March 2010
8 posts
Easy come, easy go
Sorry for the delay in posting, but it has been rather busy the past few days. First, I would like to say that I am now officially done with finals week, and so spring break is calling my name!
And now, here is an account of my past few days with Monty, who, I’m sure many of you know, has a penchant for trouble and is constantly devising ways to give me a heart attack. Horses…
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Eight o'clock hour
I have to say, riding at eight o’clock at night has a rather soothing quality to it, despite the fact that it was cold and obnoxiously windy. It definitely isn’t a good sign when the wind blows down the ally way and makes your horses’s tail and mane look like they are in a photo shoot with a fan turned on!
Monty was basically asleep before I got on him last night - he’s...
Reformed Ways
First of all, it is freezing outside and I risked life and limb to ride tonight. I had so many layers on that I felt like the Michelin man and I could hardly move, let alone actually ride! Monty felt the same way too - he was literally asleep in the cross ties and definitely wasn’t going anywhere quickly.
Tonight’s ride started out with a little, shall we say, turmoil? A newly...
Perfect practice makes...perfect?
After my ride with Rebecca on Friday, I used the weekend to jump start our work on the tempi changes and the pirouettes!
Monty felt super on Saturday and so I made his work pretty easy for him. After warming up I went into some pirouette work, and I have to say that after only one day of serious work on them, we were doing pretty well. The main problem is of course, me, because once I provide him...
Early Morning Clinic
Hello, everyone! I am starting this blog in order to catalog my experiences as I go through Young Riders, and today is my first blog entry! Enjoy. :)
So, today was the first day of the Rebecca Rigdon clinic and it started out bright and early and COLD. All the horses were happy that the sun was out, but the temperature definitely hadn’t gone up since last night!
Monty and I had the second...