Budget Equestrian
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Cease And Desist Budget Equestrian So recently I was contacted by a horse trainer because I had used ‘words’ that were trademarked. And I had written this blog post almost a year ago exactly about working with your horse, and coming up with a challenge for the month. I was told I needed to “remove …
While I typically post my blog posts first thing in the morning, during the month of May, and blog posts related to my personal challenge with Plezant, the posts will be late in the evening, after I have had my working session with him. This way I can not only share with you what we …
Week 5 The Home Stretch! This is the final week of my month long real riding challenge that I made for myself. I have learned a lot during this past month, which I will share with you at the end of this post. This is it, the final week! This has been a very long …
I have been working with both of my horses a lot over the past few weeks. Mostly because of my own personal challenge, but also in part because of the opportunity to win a free saddle from Arena Saddles in conjunction with Heels Down Mag. It’s as if their contest was timed up with my …
Let’s face it, when you set out to work with your horse every single day you are bound to have set backs. But I find the more you try to look at the positive, the better off you will be. And that is what today’s challenge is all about. I like to think that I …
Real riding challenge day 9 is a day of exercises, which kind of ties in pretty well with challenge day 8 of perfect practice. So I thought I would share with you some simple exercises that you can do which will really help to increase your strength, balance and stability in the saddle. And I …
I am back at it! This is my real riding challenge day 6, and Frisby is back to work after his one day off. And today I wanted to share with you what it’s like to ride a lazy horse. Because, well, that’s what Frisby is. And I’m not sure if he is just lazy, …
Today is Monday, and also the Real Riding Challenge day 5! And I won’t be riding Frisby today, he is getting the day off. But, I still wanted to share something with you for the challenge. I am highly motivated when there is some sort of reward involved. And yes, in this type of a …
Welcome back to the real riding challenge day 4! And I think I have already veered off of what I wanted to do, but that’s ok! I’m doing something, and that’s what counts. For the challenge day 4, I decided to take Frisby somewhere I don’t usually ride, in the pasture. You see, my horses …
Welcome back to day number 2 of the challenge! How did yesterday go for you? Were you able to get your tack room organized, and ready to tack up faster? I hope so! After making you go through all of that, I won’t be focusing on riding today, sorry! But for myself personally, I find …
Oh yeah, it’s back. It’s August, so that means I am challenging myself, and I want to share the challenge with you! For the month of August, I am going to challenge myself (and maybe you too) to get out and ride my horse every day. Now, I am not talking about working him for …
Story Time Let’s start this blog off with a story. Once upon a time….no wait, this isn’t a fairy tale. This really happened, to me. About 30 years ago, I was a western rider. I was also 16, so I thought I pretty much knew everything. I had an awesome horse that I would take …
