Making turns 11 Aug 2013 | 06:23 am

This morning's lesson we talked about 'rollbacks'. In quotes because semi-unfit draft horse rollbacks just look like big turns to everybody else, LOL. So Jessica used the jumps from the other day, bu...

Smooth Sailing 9 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm

First we were off for like a month and a half (seriously, basically all of June and a big chunk of July) through a combination of weather (it rained FOREVER), work (I kept leaving too late to make it ...

Beautiful Weather 27 May 2013 | 07:04 am

Had a lesson last Thursday night...Jessica set up four jumps about 2'3" high on the inside track of the arena so there was a combination that was a "good four strides, or a long three strides" on one ...

Barrels for transitions 15 May 2013 | 06:11 am

Had a flat lesson tonight. The big thing was about collection and transitions. But also keeping it "fun" because every other lesson we've done for the past several weeks we've really worked hard and w...

Wow, a whole month.... 13 May 2013 | 05:39 am

I promise I've been riding more than that, I just kept forgetting to update. Anyway. Well. I have a truck now that's all my own. And a brand new trailer. So I'm hoping that soon I will be able to post...

Annnd a video 8 Apr 2013 | 04:56 am

Weekly catch-up 7 Apr 2013 | 11:56 pm

Had a flat lesson on Tuesday that was mostly about lateral movement and making square turns and getting a bit of collected trot out of Kieran. Very productive, even if he was like, "are you seriously ...

First ride after the tooth job 1 Apr 2013 | 02:33 am

Rode around for a teeny bit while warming up with my arms out to the sides. Also did some cantering and trotting in two point while waiting for Jessica to be ready. Made an artistic crop of this one,...

Teeth! 31 Mar 2013 | 04:36 am

Fair warning, there are pics of the inside of my horse's mouth below. If that grosses you out, I suggest you don't look! :) Anyway, Kieran got his teeth floated yesterday. They were done last year, b...

Just pictures 20 Mar 2013 | 06:34 am

Wiped. Going to bed soon. Don't feel up also uploading videos, so here's just some screencaps from the lesson today. Didn't post about it, but we had a flat lesson on Sunday, mostly working on transi...