We’re down to the last few weeks in Florida, and my horses are humming along. The best thing is that nothing interesting is happening with any of them, and that’s more than could be said for really the last 10 months! It’s business as usual, and I love it. For Puck, “usual” means that he […]
I was a working student for Carol Lavell when I graduated from college. For those who don’t know Carol, not only is she a member of that very elite club of American riders who’ve placed fourth individually at the Olympic Games, but she also studied chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. To say that […]
After nine months of rest, rehab, surgery and lots of anxiety, Danny took a big step forward in his return to work—he was cleared to go back under saddle! He’ll walk for four weeks, to build up the topline muscle that disappeared post-colic surgery, before we begin trotting and cantering as rehab from the leg […]
The horses have settled into Florida, and we’re up and running. I have four amateur clients with me, with competition ambitions from training level to Grand Prix. Puck is working beautifully, day by day wrapping his head around the fact that my leg ain’t goin’ nowhere and accepting this as his lot in life. Danny […]
It’s our February newsletter! And it’s packed with info about camp, clinics, new faces and NEW opportunities for lessons both at Clearwater and at YOUR farm. Read all about it in our February e-newsletter, and sign up to have it delivered directly to your inbox! Please like and share
There’s a lexicon to dressage. Connection, suspension, swing: These are words that have a very specific horsey, and dressage-y, context that we dressage trainers throw around and make it sound like we’re speaking Swahili, such that a layman might not grasp our meaning. And coming to an understanding of those terms, from the beginning of […]
Start the year off on the right foot! We have a great cadre of educational events planned for this winter. Read all about them in our e-newsletter, and sign up to receive it directly in your inbox. Please like and share
Jan. 1: It’s 2018! Good riddance 2017, you unmitigated disaster, you complete dumpster fire, you. This is going to be a great year. It’s all turning around from here! Jan. 2: In the course of unloading hay into our Florida barn, I slip, land on a wheelbarrow handle, and break my nose. Nevertheless, things are […]
Fall has become wintertime, and wintertime is about to become Florida-time. It’s t-minus four days from my own departure, with the horses to follow a few days behind. This year I have a record number going—10—as well as it being my first year at my own farm, or at least at a farm I’m renting […]
You asked, and we listened! ADULT CAMP is back this winter! So are a few great educational clinics and Lauren’s monthly training weekends home from Florida. Here’s our January, February and March schedule! More details about all these events will be provided as they’re available, but email Lauren to stay in the loop. JANUARY 13 […]
