I drove up to spring Elvis out of quarantine myself, rode him once, and then left for a week with about a kabillion students to our regional championships. (We had rides from training level to Grand Prix, won a bunch of stuff, and experienced a 40-degree temperature change. Fun was had by all!) I then came […]
I was in the Netherlands with my friend Belinda Nairn looking at horses for two clients. We’d found what we were looking for for the first, and we had some extra time to kill, so off we went to preview horses for the second client, who was arriving the next day. One was a 7-year-old […]
SATURDAY 10 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 11 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Third Level 10:45 Julia McElligott & Finley Nord, 8 yr Danish Gelding by Furst Rosseau, Third Level 11:30 Nancy Sulek & Range Rover LGF, 11 yr Oldenburg Gelding by Ruffian, Fourth Level 12:15 Lauren Sprieser & Guernsey Elvis, 7 yr KWPN Gelding by […]
School is back in session, and the leaves are starting to turn. It’s fall, which means it’s officially been a year since both Puck and Swagger entered their working lives with me. I’ve always believed it takes a year to get to really know any new horse, trained or prospect; then add in to the […]
It’s finally fall! And we’re ringing in the season with some amazing educational opportunities, like clinics with Michael Barisone, a workshop on body clipping, and a fantastic panel on soundness in schoolmasters with US Dressage Team vet Dr. Cricket Russillo. Read all about ’em, plus some great show successes and some new faces around the […]
I’m envious of Ravi’s ability to sleep. Partially that’s because I’m a lifelong non-sleeper. I come from a long line of neurotic people who’ve carpe diem’d their way through life. I can fall asleep anywhere, but staying asleep is a challenge, and even on my most raucous of youthful nights it was a rare thing […]
WEDNESDAY 2 Jodie Harney & Sullivan, 6 yr Oldenburg Gelding by Surprice, First Level 2:45 Lauren Sprieser & Gretzky RV, 7 yr KWPN Gelding by Johnson, Third Level 3:30 Hannah McSween & Montesol, 13 yr Lusitano Gelding, Intermediate I 4:15 Break 4:30 Barbara Burk & De L’Amour, 12 yr Oldenburg Mare by Diamonit, First Level […]
He was coming 4, big and slow and goofy. I brought him an apple from my hotel, and it took him about 20 minutes to eat it, turning it into mush in my hand. He had a huge tail and big eyes and was sweet as can be. I brought him home, got him in […]
There have been so many. A working student’s horse on whom I made it about 20 feet. A homebred 3-year-old on whom I made it half a 20-meter circle. The time my OTTB dropped me into a wall, and I broke my collarbone (though I got back on AND went to school for a few […]
So you came in eighth or 12th or 24th. You made mistakes, or you got in the ring and panicked, or you got cocky or you just got straight up outhorsed. Or maybe you didn’t score high enough in qualifying to get named to a team. Maybe your horse got hurt or sick or the […]
