New girl on the block; who she is, and why she’s with me.
We’ve had our moments together where I question how I stayed on afterwards… but I think it’s helped her realize that I’ll go through the fire with her. And in doing so, she trusts me more and more by the week..
The case of colic, and how to navigate it.
While I’ve had horses of my own colic before, I’d never come close to potentially needing emergency surgery until this past summer with Parlay. If I hadn’t picked up on the subtle signs when I did, I’d be writing a very different, far more traumatic story..
What I’ve been up to, and how I’m re-committing to writing (for good!)
New horse (kinda), new dog…
I’ve been off the grid.. I know. However..
Have higher standards.
We owe it to our horses to have higher standards of ourselves and of them. Without this, there is no leadership, no direction, and..
The heart of the off the track thoroughbred.
Coming from a rider quick to praise warmbloods and quarter horses, there is an undeniable truth in the sureness of the OTTB heart..
The psychological toll from a bad ride.
If we can’t give them that, then we have no right to be frustrated when..
Why our horses’ foundation shapes the remainder of their life.
The one constant that kept me in business..