Having been happy enough to go for an easygoing plod on Saturday, even though the weather here continues extraordinary, I really wanted to not ride out last night. Being in the lower arena would be perfect, another perfect thing in a series of perfect things: perfect sky, perfect temperature, perfectly lengthening day. We ambled down …
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, …
Here’s a Good One!
Wowee! I didn't even notice that bruise until Sunday morning. And I don't think Photo Booth does it justice. Or else it has faded considerably. I was in the middle of finishing up my house-moving process on Saturday, and when I woke I wondered should I go? Because my head was wrecked... but my body …
The Twenty Month Bruise?
Had a good go on Connell on Tuesday night — he was extremely fresh, which is not like him, and much better than the alternative, which is extremely unwilling to go. I know we jumped, and I can't remember, I think it may have been a triple, but everything got trumped when I got home …
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 …
What’s That Smell?
I am inured to my own stink, so when I noticed that something particularly pungent was wafting in and out of my notice, on the way home after Saturday's lesson... I naturally assumed, okay, that yes: I reek. This was little something extra. What happened was: It was really cold yesterday. Cold enough that I …
Horsey Hols
Just in time, too. I think the cold weather had something to do with it, but everyone was kicking up their heels this last week of term. Now, as far as Tuesday was concerned, the wind didn’t help keep the lads settled down. We’re fairly used to the wind, up there on that big hill, …
MANY BRAVE FOOLS 