COTH Posts
A Week In Their Words
TUESDAY Elvis, 6:30 a.m.: Sigh. Another week of excellence. Lauren arrives around 6:15 every morning, gets her things organized, and then grabs me. Obviously [...]
Reiten Lernt Man Durch Kehren
Working students come and working students go. It’s the nature of the business, and as much as it stresses me out, I expect it. [...]
Pick & Shovel Work
I’ve made many FEI dressage horses, most of them out of horses who were complete and utter ding-dongs as children but reformed enough by middle age to [...]
The Show Season Puzzle
I like showing, but I’m not a maniac. I don’t personally feel like there’s anything to be achieved by taking the same group of [...]
Fear Is A Funny Thing
Fear is something I see every day. Not so much in myself (more on that in a sec), but as a teacher of amateur [...]
Getting By With A Little Help From My Friends
Elvis is really cool, guys. He’s keen but relatively unemotional. He’s athletic, but he’s also efficient. His default answer is yes. There’s a heck [...]