Thursday was relatively quiet. I started off the day with a long a low “massage dressage” as Bruce calls it, on Woody. He felt good and relaxed, lots of swung. Anne Marie videoed so I could review. In the afternoon I had a lesson with Jackie Brooks during ring familiarization. We worked on using my […]
Wednesday was a fun day. Megan Woods & Mike Campbell arrived and watched their horse Derg Boru (King Brian) work. Megan will be riding him for the rest of the week now that she’s here. King Brian and I showed Megan some of the things we’ve been working on in our dressage. He even halted […]
It was a laid back day in Kentucky. Selena hacked Woody and let him take in all the scenery and did much the same with Derg Boru who is taking it all in stride. Anne Marie texted me early in the morning to say that Tim Price had said good morning to her, all in […]
Well sometimes you have to take the rough with the smooth. Yesterday afternoon was our vaccination day. I didn’t bother mentioning it because it’s boring…right? We all vaccinate, and with our horses travelling around so much we vaccinate every three months…boring! Not this time. I went out to check on the horses last thing last […]
OK, only two days at once this time LOL I am doing a little better on this run up to Rolex. Yesterday was a zoo. Anne Marie had to get to Syracuse for a 6pm flight. She had assumed all week that she was going to be able to ask her ever accommodating mum to […]
Wednesday Thursday and Friday, ok, I admit it, the days got away from me. It continues to be hectic with the OTTBs, Riley and Zephyr home, and all the horses being got fit for the upcoming Ontario Season. I think everything kicks off in the first weekend in May. Rummy is doing really well with […]
Busy day here. My guests from Europe were given rakes and sent out into the paddocks, they look exhausted. It’s great to have the extra hands here for the spring clean up. The outdoor arenas were harrowed for the first time this year and all the horses were out enjoying the grass in the paddock […]
Monday is always a difficult day to blog. I mean, it’s the horses day off almost everywhere in the world isn’t it? I have had Monday or part of Monday off for almost my whole life, it’s a ‘do nothing’ day. But then do nothing usually just means do no barn chores, show entries, paperwork, […]
Our student Tori Morgan had a great day today. Her horse has not run anywhere this year and this is the first year he has started the season at Preliminary. He did Preliminary and a One Star last year but he started the year at the Training level and worked his way up. This year […]
It was a crisp sunny morning in Pennsylvania for Tori and Bentley’s dressage and show jumping. She did her test around 8.30am and her show jumping about an hour later. She hacked from Bruce Davidson’s Chesterland Farm to the show site across the road. Bentley does really well with a twenty minute hack to start […]
