This morning I started off right at 8:30 a.m. with Sammy Xc at Longwood. He was wonderful, the only thing he didn’t like was a muddy spot. He is a brave boy, but mud is a concern when you have lived your life as a dressage horse…lol. After that I had training camp for dressage […]

I think the question of twist of the saddle is one of the most poorly understood parts of the saddle. It goes along with the idea that if you have a very wide-backed horse you will naturally get a saddle that has a wide twist – with the result that (especially as a woman), you […]

Woody is back to work today. No rest for the wicked. Only hacking today then tomorrow he has training camp with Clayton for dressage at 11:30. Before that Selena is going to meet Sammy at Longwood to cross country school before he does his second event this coming weekend. Benny has come up lame in […]

It was all go both sides of the border. Here at Balsam Hall, Tori Morgan gave a ground handling clinic. It was very interesting and brought up several points I had not thought about for a long time. As eventers we all need to be able to jog our horses beautifully, but Tori took it […]

Today Foxwood High had to trot up for the FEI veterinary team who inspects the horses after each of the selection trials. It’s always a bit tense to have to lunge and jog and flex your horse either the day of, or the day after, a big run at a major competition but that’s what […]

Today was a good day at the office. Zephyr did a double clear which moved him up to 9th place to finish out of 77 starters. He was a really good boy and gave his best. He had .40 of a time penalty yesterday, which believe it or not, cost him two places. It just […]

Today was a a much better day altogether. After Woody’s disappointing ride yesterday, he went into the show jumping ring and jumped like a champ. He really did put in an absolutely wonderful show jumping round and of course the dressage from yesterday is history now. The rails were falling today. The first two fences […]

Well today was not the stellar dressage test Selena had planned. She went into the ring thinking she could win. Sadly, Woody was not completely on the same page. He found something to shy at by the side of the ring and made a mountain out of it. He first noticed something strange coming across […]

The Carolina Horse Park is quite beautiful. This is our first time running here, but I hope we will be back. The entries reflect what a popular event it has become, close to 80 entries in the three star. Only a very few years ago that would have been unthinkable in a North American three […]

Well the circus was on the road at 6:00 a.m. this morning. It was a long steady haul to the Carolina Horse Park, but they were unloading horses by 3:00 p.m. Both the horses and the riders who ride at this level sure do clock up a lot of miles. Our mechanics here at home are in […]