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It’s Time For A Masterclass! While I am not quarantined, at home, I know there are a lot of people out in the world that are. And if you are one of them, I hope you are doing ok. I hope you are finding things to do to keep your brain entertained. And with all …
Last week I was thinking about how could I go about starting a lesson program with Plezant. I mean, I have this awesome horse, who has loads of experience as both a lesson horse as well as a show ring career. This was one of the reasons I decided to choose him. The other reasons, …
I have been participating in not only one, but TWO No Stirrup November Challenges. And I must tell you, I wish I would have done this sooner. I really didn’t think about the benefits of riding without stirrups, until I actually made a point to start doing it. Intentionally. And many of my rides have …
Oh yeah, it’s finally here! The Art of the Horseman online fair weekend is going on right now! I have been waiting for this! And I have set aside this weekend to immerse myself in learning, with this online equestrian extravaganza. If you have your free ticket, great! If not, go get your free ticket, …
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 8 is getting Frisby back into the arena, and working on flatwork! I’m a huge fan of flatwork honestly. Because before you can do the bigger things that we all want to do with our horses, you have to have strong skills on the flat. And it is also a great …
Ok, so I know this is a little late, because we are already into 2019, and I should have written this about a week and a half ago. But I found this bloghop from A Collection of Madcap Escapades, who found it on The $900 Facebook Pony. And it looked like a fun thing to …
Budget Equestrian – The Podcast – Episode 19 Talking About Riding and Some Of Our Favorite Equine Products Welcome back to the podcast my favorite equestrians of the internet! Last week I had my friend Lynda on as my guest. And we decided we were going to get together once a month to recap how …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 19 Yes, this is day 19. I can’t believe it. 19 Days of videos, blog posts, and working with my horses. And today is a fun day for me to talk about with you because today we are talking about actually riding our horses! Yes, today is the day we are …
Day 11 Of The Confident Rider Challenge Well, we are now 11 days into this challenge. And it’s another day of work on the lunge line. Walking, trotting, and cantering to get ready for riding is my focus today. For me, I only have 5 days left to work with Ethan on the ground before …
Let The Challenge Begin Well here we are, day 1 of a 30 day challenge to help us all become more confident while riding our horses! And I have been working on this challenge for a while now. I have had it in my head for over a year. And I thought that maybe if …
My Last Lesson I have been waiting for this day, the day when I would have my last scheduled weekly riding lesson. When I was driving to the barn, I kind of felt like a kid on the last day of school before summer vacation. I wasn’t as sad as I thought I would be …
Riding Lesson Hiatus This week will be my last riding lesson for a few months. I keep mentioning this, sprinkled throughout my blog posts, I will be having surgery on May 23rd. I know a lot of women have gone through this surgery, and everything has worked out just fine. I am so nervous about …
Riding Lesson Change It’s that time again, time for another weekly riding lesson! And I don’t know if the nervousness from thinking about having surgery is creeping into my horsey time, but I have been getting nervous again in anticipation of riding. Which is weird. I haven’t been nervous when I am riding at home, …
My Weekly Riding Lesson- Ringo’s Back! I think for the last 5 or 6 riding lessons I have been riding Murphy. And I love Murphy, he is so kind and forgiving, and he makes me work, but his gaits are so easy to ride. He makes me feel like I am getting better with my …
My Weekly Riding Lesson I was nervous in going to my lesson tonight, for a few reasons. First, my lesson last week was probably my worst lesson in a long while. I mean I am improving. And normally I can find at least one good thing in the lesson. But after I almost crashed into …
My Weekly Riding Lesson For the first time since I started my riding lessons back in January, My husband was able to come to my lesson. It was probably boring for him, but I am so grateful he came. For the first time I was able to see what I looked like while I was …
Thank God For Horses – My Weekly Riding Lesson The best laid plans, how does that quote go? It seems sometimes when you make plans, life has a way of undoing everything that you have planned. And this week has been a whirlwind for me. So much so that I almost didn’t go to my …
Weekly Video Wrap Up (x2) Last week I was so busy that I wasn’t able to get up a weekly video wrap up. But I decided that I would include those videos in this weekly wrap up, just in case you wanted to see what I was able to get out there. But I think …
It Is Time To Canter – My Weekly Riding Lesson I honestly did not think this would happen tonight, but it did, I cantered! I know that may not be a big deal to some, but for me that is a major accomplishment. And there is a reason for that. You see, way back in …
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 …
My Weekly Riding Lesson I am just about 3 months into my professional riding lessons now This is my 11th week of weekly riding lessons. I think I am improving, in my overall riding. My instructor is very good at sharing with me where I am improving. If I just remember to come home and …
Weekly Video Wrap Up Well here we are at the end of another week! I don’t know about you, but this week was super busy for me. Maybe it’s because of all of the projects I am doing. And the weather was much warmer this week. So this week’s weekly video wrap up only has …
My Weekly Riding Lesson – Week 10 I can’t believe I have been having my weekly riding lesson for 10 weeks now. It doesn’t seem like it at all! And the time has changed, so it is still light outside when I am having my lesson, which is awesome. I am still expecting we will …
