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Horseless??? A couple years ago I decided that I was spread too thin..... and what I needed were a couple quality horses that would get me where I wanted to go. I had A LOT of horses............ (and no I will not tell you how many.) I enjoy raising babies,
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"Over the barrels, through the two angled jumps, hard right then up the blue skinny, bend right to the skinny in the middle and then quick left to the other skinny then back down over the oxer to the other set of angled jumps...” or it was something like
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Ten Things... You ever do a ten list? Ten things you wish you could do, ten things you wish you had done different, ten things you have done right? How bout ten dumbest things you have ever done, or most embaressing. Ten best friends. Ten best lessons. Ten best books?
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Setting Goals - a Real Life Example I will preface this little article by humbly acknowledging I am not a top level rider (nor likely to become one any time soon! That's not a self-limiting belief, it is a realistic observation). Nevertheless,the story I am about to
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Streeeeeeetch In my travels through the horse world, I often encounter people who whine about one of two things in regards their horse or horses. Or occasionally they whine about both things at the same time. * Whine #1: "My horse has no topline. What can I feed him to
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"How did I know I'd find you in SELF HELP??!!" Yes, yes that was me. I was at dinner with my girlfriend. We were doing our normal Thai food & Bookstore evening. The restaurant was in a strip with a lovely bookstore and we always left
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Forget eventing........... Line Dancing on Horse Back this looks like more fun! Well......that's how I'm starting to feel these days. The Wonder Pony has been vacationing in the Caribbean, complete with expensive exercise pools and sun decks. OK..... it&
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The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry . . . (Though most people associate the expression with the 1936 John Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men, it actually originated in a 1786 poem by Robert Burns entitled To a Mouse which he wrote as an apology after turning up
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The Rest of the Story... I know the Area III eventers are completely used to it........ but I was a bit star struck walking around warm up last weekend.... Look!! a 4* rider! And another! oh another!! Oh look more!!! They were standing around in the rain and cold, looking
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Standing by the door to the indoor, leaning over the fencepost, "She needs to lower her hands," "That bit is way too strong for that horse," "Those two are not a good match," "That horse is just plain dangerous." Many, probably most,
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Remember, it's OK to Make Mistakes First of all, if you hadn't noticed, I recently added a new page to the top of my blog called 'Nostalgia' with lots of old pictures of my bigger, more badass competition days. Check it out if you
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This Little Piggy This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed home. This little piggy was all jacked up and had to have surgery which leaves me in the Frankenboot for 4 lousy weeks and now I’m mad at the world. This little piggy cried wah wah
