My Weekly Riding Lesson This week's riding lesson was a little bit different. Ok, actually my riding lesson was completely different. You see today, I gave myself my own lesson. The barn where I take my weekly riding lessons was upgrading their dirt in the indoor arena. SO this meant no riding lesson this week. And since I have been working with Ethan for my 6 week challenge, … [Read more...]
How I Grew My YouTube Channel
How I Grew My YouTube Channel I cannot believe it. I checked my YouTube channel early yesterday morning, and I could not believe what I saw. My YouTube channel, the budget equestrian, has just reached 5000 subscribers! What?!?!? Really?!?!?! Holy cow!!!!! And after I closed my mouth, I realized how incredible this really is. And I wanted to give a big thank you to all of you … [Read more...]
Ground Work With Horses 2.0 – Being A Better Rider Challenge
Ground Work With Horses 2.0 With this challenge drawing closer to the end, I thought it would be good to revisit the importance of doing groundwork. Or ground work with horses 2.0 version. An important lesson I have learned thanks to Ethan, you can never do enough ground work with your horse. If your ground work is solid, your riding will be better. If you have done a lot of … [Read more...]
Becoming a Better Rider – Day 26 Rider Posture and Positioning
Becoming a Better Rider – Day 26 Rider Posture and Positioning Welcome back to day 26 of our 31 day challenge! You already have completed half of this riding challenge, and we are continuing on improving our riding but today's plan is out of the saddle.One area of riding that I struggle with is my posture. I cannot tell you how many times I have videoed myself while riding … [Read more...]
