We've had three Wednesday lessons so far this year and they have been blisteringly excellent. At the end of every lesson we've been like, 'That was good' and then tried to dissect exactly why it was: 1] So much work done! Warming up in open order has gotten productive (not just mooching around behind another horse …
Who’s The Boss?
A couple of weeks ago, after I turned Connell out following our Wednesday night hour, I stood around and watched while the rest of my lesson mates brought down their trusty steeds. It was hot, hot even if it wasn't Ireland, like the kind of hot you might find as normal anywhere else in the …
Keeping an Open Heart [A Post from 2012]
Here's Many Brave Fools in a nutshell! *** Keeping an Open Heart I was talking to a pal the other day, about a bunch of things that are going on for me at the moment, and in conclusion I said, 'Well, I'm keeping an open heart.' The thing is, I know I was going to say that …
Putting The Mockers On Myself…
...ahhh, just can't resist, though. I am off for The Christmas in seven weeks. I have — hang on — 12 lessons left. 'Sue!' I am shouting at myself, 'Don't!' I have only come off Connell three times this year. I came off Connell three times in one lesson, once. Holy moly, that was a bad …
What I Learned in a Lesson: Looking Where I Am Going {February 2013}
I just came across this, as a draft labelled '2013/02/06'* Is that June 2nd, or the second of the sixth? No, I think it's February, as this is an American platform, is WordPress. I wonder why we do the dates differently, here? Today is the 24th of the fourth, or 24 April. As we would …
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Hey, Injury, Have You Met Insult?
I should have just taken the fall. I had already taken one, you see, and was raging that it was going to happen all over again, within ten minutes — if that — of the first toss. And it was a toss, a drop-the-head, shake-the-enormous-chestnut-arse kind of chucking off, complete with squeal. Coming around to …
And Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest…
... which is not entirely inappropriate, as our Mercury was a famous TV star, playing Henry VIII's primary mount in The Tudors. The shrieks that ensued the first time I saw him on the telly! [Mercury, not Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.] The sad news was shared in the yard today: Merc, who was probably around a thousand …
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The Will to Power < 2012 Style
I've written about this before, but things have changed. I wrote this, specifically, five-ish years ago: Where does it cross the line, though, into irreparability? Is there room for compromise, for example? 'It' = getting the horse doing what he's meant to do. Is there room for compromise? How do I adjust, allowing for the …
The Best Hour in Ages
I know that weather is only weather, but holy wow, the weather. It is horrible. As of this writing, the sun is breaking the stones, but that's just for now. Who knows what it will do later? It could — because it has — turn into November in July in the snap of a finger. …
Surprise! In Which I ask For William and Get Him
Something unexpected happened on Saturday. On Saturday, I was still feeling a little 'boo hoo hoo' because my weekend away in the South of France was now in the past; a little sleepy — this 'living closer to the yard' thing is great, honestly, but I see now that I really used the second bus …
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MANY BRAVE FOOLS 