It’s been a great week here in Ocala with the O’Hanlon Eventing crew. Unfortunately, tomorrow I am headed back to school in New York. It’s going to be a rough transition back to the classroom for me. At home I am just getting back i

I’m writing about the whole weekend not just a day. Saturday was rainy for most of the day. I got in two early rides before the rain started. Then I ran some errands which included picking up Thunders NEW bridle at the Tack Shack of Ocala. It&#

The girls down south are looking forward to a weekend without a show. There are only a few weekends in the winter (year) when Selena and Anne Marie are not on the road. Having Angie Huber visit for the week was a lot of fun and a lot of help. There a

Spring was just coming into being when the temperatures at Balsam Hall took a dive. We had been turning a couple of horses out at night, but with rain, cold, wind and thunderstorms, overnight turnout is back on hold. The didn’t stop us being able t

Selena took a day at the beach today. It’s nice to try and get there once a year, but it doesn’t always happen. Despite the proximity, horses are horses and they take up a lot of time. Angie’s visit was the catalyst and Selena was hoping to get

We had a ‘pain in the ass’ day at Balsam Hall. We had to move horses and shift bedding and floor mats in a dozen stalls for a VERY good cause. When we moved into Balsam Hall over five years ago, the stalls were in very poor shape. There were bars

Sorry for the delay in getting this shockingly bad EC news to you, but a case of Strangles in Southlands, the horse-dense area in Vancouver where I keep my horse, has absorbed much of my time over the past five days. Now that quarantine and bio-secur

Today was a fun day for a Monday. There is no such thing as a traditional Monday in the Ocala barns. There are a queue of horses waiting their turn for Selena and Anne Marie’s attention. Rummy and Benny both were lunged in the Pessoa after nearly a

In mid-February I had the chance to spend a week skiing in Utah at four of the most beautiful ski resorts I have ever experienced. This was a welcome change in pace and scenery after a gruelling (but always fun) two-week Saddlefit 4 Life training cou

Only two horses to ride today. Woody gets a well deserved day off while the two stars and the one stars show jump. We have not had much experience of Derg Boru in the ring, but there was nothing to complain about today. He JUST tipped the very last f