Tag: training

  • I cantered Tarma into a wall during our last dressage lesson, but it was still considered improvement. Or, as my dressage trainer said, “Pleasently surprising”,…

  • Whoopsie, our (probable, possible) next 50 mile ride is (panic checks calendar) only 10 days away and boy are we…not 100% certain. I had always…

  • Last weekend’s ride was not without its bobbles, for both my friend and I. Unfortunately her horse, Cody, found a tunnel under the trail and…

  • The true measure of endurance for me isn’t just completing on time, or having the vet declare my horse fit to continue at the end…

  • After last weekend’s ride, I’m pretty set on a 50 at Grizzly. There’s a lot going into this, so let’s dig in: Our last conditioning…

  • With just over a week to go until we load up the trailer to (hopefully) haul over to Central Oregon for our first endurance ride…

  • Once again, I’m bouncing back and forth between posting straight to Facebook and here on the space I actually pay for. Folks don’t always follow…

  • The reason I always ask “what am I doing that isn’t right” when Tarma’s not responding the way I’ve come to expect it’s cause it’s…

  • Why Endurance? Now that I have publicly stated my intention to attempt a 50 mile ride with Tarma this season, a first for both of…

  • There are days when I’m on top of everything, I have a good handle on the life stuff. Work out, eat mostly ok, get the…