2400 miles, give or take
The tales rest of the road trip!
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Good Horses
A handful of years ago, I was searching for any way to keep horses in my life. I had recently met Tom and he didn’t yet understand the full scope of the horsewoman he’d found, as we were pretty dang broke. I was lucky enough to stumble onto a small program way out in Beavercreek, […]
Read MoreA Shoeless Turtle: Nevada Derby Ride Report
Let us set a peaceful albeit dusty scene: I’m typing this up on my laptop in my cozy trailer bed, Bernard passed out next to me, and the reassuring sounds of Tarma slurping up her wet alfalfa pellets coming through the screen door, as it’s not yet cold enough to have to close it. I […]
Read MoreBlacktop beckons
Almost time to hit the road!
Read MoreTevis Prep: February 2026 Check In
I didn’t have enough brain power after a work and volunteer drama filled week to come up with a catchy title. So a perfectly descriptive one will have to do! It wouldn’t be a rookie’s Tevis goal without some healthy doubts, so I’ll cover that first before the gritty details of where we are at […]
Read MoreSpeed in the sunshine
January conditioning in the sunshine
Read MoreYear of…a chestnut mare
Old year out with a sunshine ride, new year in with deliberation
Read MoreTevis Progress: Mid Winter Review
Slowly putting in the work to getting to the Tevis starting line
Read MoreTarma: Five Years In
Five years with Tarma the spicy chocolate mare!
Read MoreEndurance Future Part Two
Life got a bit lifey and delayed the second installment of musing about the future of the sport of endurance. We left off talking about the culture of endurance, and it affects the growth (or decline) of the sport. One of the thornier issues I didn’t touch on is the heated debate over what constitutes […]
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On the loose 