I first heard about the documentary Blinders on photogchic’s blog Equine Mine. Since that time I have kept my eye out for Blinders in the hopes that it would play on TV sometime soon. Sure enough I was looking through the guide on my satellite service when I saw it. Blinders would be playing on [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Blinders – Documentry on Carriage Horses in NYC
Posted in Horse, Horse Television, tagged Horse, horses on September 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
“I can see you thinking…SO STOP DOING IT”
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Lesson, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on September 8, 2009 | 11 Comments »
So I had a lesson yesterday with Phoenix’s Owner and it was very enlightening. Phoenix and I have started the next big step in his training. Lateral work.This is only the 3rd time we have tried lateral work with Phoenix and the first time that I thought we actually had a few steps! As you [...]
I guess it is no longer going to be buyer beware horse market…
Posted in Horse, horses in the news, tagged Horse, horses on September 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was futzing around on the internet late last night and saw the article below at BBC news and was SHOCKED. “Selleck wins lame-horse dispute Selleck had bought the horse for his daughter to ride Actor Tom Selleck has been awarded more than $187,000 (£114,000) after a California jury found he was duped into buying [...]
My double show weekend is only how many days away…
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
6!!! My double show weekend is only 6 days away! Yikes. I know I am only doing intro at the dressage show, but I don’t know my intro tests yet. For some reason the 12th and 13th seemed so far away. I figured I would learn my tests…later. And that I would practice jumping Phoenix…later. [...]
Take a Trail Ride with Phoenix
Posted in Horse, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on September 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So I LOVE the blog when Lilies Fly. One of my favorite parts is that when she goes out on trail rides she has her camera along and the beautiful pictures she takes makes me want to hit the trails myself. Add to that the fact that one of the big regrets I have with [...]
Stopping the Spread of Disease at a Horse Farm
Posted in Horse, Informational Post, tagged Horse, horses on September 3, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So I was catching up on some of my back reading and found a great article in the March 2009 edition of Equus by Christine Barakat. It is all about containing disease in a barn. I thought it would be a good thing to share because of what is going on in my area. Of [...]
Wordless Wednesday – More Pictures Of Phoenix’s First Clinic
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on September 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Being a Walk/Trot Rider…Again
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on September 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So I just sent in my entry today for the dressage show on the 12th. And It was a bit hard because I am entered to ride Intro. Because of his weak hind end we don’t have a canter at the moment. Any tight turns (or even not so tight turns) makes Phoenix scramble and [...]
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