Saturday was a fun day of showing. I took Sammy the dressage horse to his first event and Marta took Thunder to their first event together. Thunder and Marta put in a very good dressage test scoring a 33. She’s only had the chance to ride him a handful of times during visits to Canada […]

King Brian did his Intermediate with Selena today. He has already gone Intermediate with his actress owner, Megan Woods. Megan is very busy on the ‘Nashville’ film set this Winter and Selena has been lucky enough to be offered the ride. He is a lovely Irish boy as you can see in the photo. The […]

Woody had a dressage lesson with Bruce Davidson today. Bruce has been teaching Selena since she was nine and rode a big fat (amazing) Quarter Horse called Toby. He has helped her from she was pre-training through to four star. He knows Selena and her horses very well and that makes him a huge part […]

Yesterday afternoon and evening was meant to be a big super snow/ice/freezing rain storm which fizzled out into a dusting of snow on a dusting of ice. Nothing in the least bit exciting. The horses were able to go out in the paddocks although we left an empty paddock between groups as the only place […]

It’s March already. The four months that Selena spends in the USA is halfway through. The months fly by, and very shortly it will all be about Rio, followed shortly thereafter by the Retired Racehorse Makeover Project. I am super excited about both. I have a passion for young horses and Thoroughbreds are my favourite […]

Saddle length is an issue I have been noticing more and more in the past few years, as breeding seems to have really concentrated on making somewhat more ‘compact’ (i.e., ‘shorter’) horses. So – other than the obvious visual “short-backedness” of a horse, ask yourself… Does your horse have a “4-beat” canter? Does your horse […]

Today was cross country practice for Marta and Thunder. After all, it’s a leap day so we felt we needed to do some leaping. It’s the first time they have been able to do ‘real’ cross country together. They had a great time as you can see, and Thunder loved it. It’s very satisfying when […]

It was Sunday Funday both sides of the border. Sunday Funday here at Balsam Hall in Kingston means that everyone gets the jumps out and has a little school. It’s always fun when everyone at the barn jumps and today was no exception. The horses enjoy it as a break from the routine. he indoor […]

Today was a chilly start to the very early day. We rolled out at 5:30 a.m. to head to Three Llakes horse trials near Orlando. Had the two Rather Well brothers on the trailer to compete in the Prelim division. Zephyr went dressage first at 8:12 a.m. I zoomed around the cross country course while […]

We won’t even talk about North of the border, suffice it to say that all the icky stuff from yesterday is now frozen solid and our horses were ‘indoors only’ again. We are getting to the stage of trying to be inventive of new games to play in the sandbox. I think some long lining […]