Budget Equestrian
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Confident Rider Challenge Day 23 We are just over 3/4 of the way through our confident rider challenge. And if you have been working with your horse in some way over the last 23 days, I would hope you are feeling more confident being around your horse both on the ground, and in the saddle. …
Confident Rider Challenge Day 21 We are way into this challenge now! How are you feeling? Is your level of confidence improving? Are you getting out and working with your horse every day? Do you find it is getting easier? How is your horse reacting to so much time with you? If you have been …
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 16 Of The Confident Rider Challenge Well, the day has finally come. Today I will be going to the doctor for my final check up after surgery. And I have been waiting for this day for so long. Am I cleared to ride? That is the question! You know how it is when we …
Budget Equestrian – The Podcast I have been wanting to do this for a while now. And coming up with ideas for a podcast is not a problem for me. My difficulty was in putting all of the pieces together. From the hosting, to how to get a podcast onto ITunes, and all of the …
Collegiate Bicton Synthetic Saddle Review About 3 months ago I bought a new saddle. I even did an unboxing video over on my YouTube channel of when I first got the saddle. And now that I have had it for a couple of months and really been able to use it, I thought I would …
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 …
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 …
