We were cantering over poles at X, preparatory to jumping, and as I returned to my spot to stand with Delilah, I felt like the saddle was... sticking to my butt? I stood in the stirrups and reached around, to the consternation of my teenaged lesson-mates. 'I think I've sprung a leak!' I shouted, and …
‘That’s A Really Good Thing About You,’
Said my instructor today. 'You're not afraid to use your voice.' We were working Malabar on the lunge, doing transitions. I prefer lungeing in the arena as opposed to the round pen, the site of my two previous lesson with the long rope and whip. I get dizzy enough [because I'm doing it wrong] with …
Thank F**k
It's one of the more interesting phrases I've picked up in my time here. Now, the F word is used as carelessly as one would use a definite article — it's simply a part of speech, like a noun or a verb or an adjective, and with creativity, can be used as any and all …
2010: Year Four
I THINK — I CAN NEVER FIGURE THIS OUT Okay, so I started riding in 2006, which means I ended my third year in September of '09, and okay, I get it now, yes. Yes! Fourth year of riding has begun! Or it will on Tuesday. I can't say I haven't enjoyed the last two …
MANY BRAVE FOOLS 