So, I can't post video here, but I have it up on FB, and — and I put it on my phone, too... I've got a list: > Toes in > Contact! > Sit back > Elbows in, too > Look up! I'm sure there's more, but I swear, if I look at that thing …
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I woke up and thought, Wouldn't it be nice to just lie here and daydream about going double clear over the 80s on Connell? This is the thing that makes people not do what they say they're going to do: it is nice to just lounge around and make up the story, the perfect story, …
At This Rate, I Will Need to Buy a Car*
*Because horse people hang their rosettes from their rear-view mirrors. MY SECOND ROSETTE We found out on Saturday that there was going to be more showjumping starting on Sunday. Not a league, we didn't think, it was only for a month, but ah, sure, why not go along and have another go? I thought, I'll …
The First Time I Showjumped…
... I was also on Delilah, and I know I was conscious of this experience going up last Sunday — only the second time I've showjumped a whole entire course in front of people! But here's why I was so worried about remembering where fence no. 5 was. Four years later... sure, it doesn't seem …
My First Rosette
MY FIRST ROSETTE! So. The showjumping league has been going on for ages, and yesterday was the last one until summer. I talked myself out of it the first week, and after that, there wasn't even a voice in my head to ignore. I was doing okay on Connell, but every fence felt like a …
Flat Out on the Flat
Sometimes, I just wanna sweat. Not that I don't sweat, when I jump, because I do. But sometimes, sometimes I just want to go around and around without stopping. Sometimes, a lesson on the flat is the best thing ever. It was blowy and a bit spitty last night, but the indoor was a wreck, …
Getting Back What I Put In
This has the possibility of sounding harsh, but that may just be my sensitive nature fluttering up to the surface. And I had to think of a headline other than 'From the Brain to the Rein' because I'm fairly certain I've used that one already. So, last Saturday was lackluster, because I was lackluster. Now, …
A Virtuous Circle
Last night, Rebel was strong again, but it was the manageable kind of fizz; even though he was literally lunging at the fences — taking off from waaay out, and then unable to get his stride for the second face of the double — it wasn't a big deal. I got to do that thing …
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Reb wasn't tacked when I went into the barn. Funnily enough, he'd damaged his ligament sometime last year, and here I was again, limping — was he himself limping again? Apparently not... and I tacked him up with no worries, led him to the indoor, mounted, lead the ride down to the outdoor, not a …
The Queen of RICE*
In response to having injured my lower left leg in mid-2010, in the winter of 2010/11 I pulled the medial ligament in my right knee, which is kind of on the inside and around the back. After that healed, I then pulled a tendon or something in my left knee area. I simply switched my …
MANY BRAVE FOOLS 