This past weekend I headed out with Kniggits to R&Ms NEW property - 40 acres of gorgeous land. There's nothing built yet, but they have hills and fields, and woods and streams and it's all so very very pretty. It reminds me a lot of VA. We camped out and rode horses all weekend to scout out the property. There are several spring-fed streams, ( Read more... )

What a ride yesterday!! The full rigging for my sidesaddle came in, so I got it set up and started riding. We practiced running the heads course, and then went out for some terrain work. We cantered, did a short gallop, and I even stayed on and kept control when he threw in his patented little "rear and spin" maneuver. On the downside, I need ( Read more... )

My sidesaddle came in yesterday! I had to be at the barn for a while today, so I took it out and tried it on the Kniggit-pony, and it seems to fit well. I free-lunged him for a while in the saddle to see if he objected (and to work off some energy), then hopped up to give it a try. The saddle just kind of tucked me into a secure seat, and off we ( Read more... )

HURT. LOTS OF HURT. I trimmed Vaquero's feet last night, and they are really tough. Trying to exert enough pressure on the nippers was extremely difficult, especially at the angle at which I had to work. My right arm, particularly the forearm is in a lot of pain right now, as is my back, quads, hamstrings and calves. Vaquero isn't good enough ( Read more... )

On Sunday I trailered the pony down to R&M's for some trail-riding at Shaker Village. I haven't had THAT much fun riding in months! We did about a 5 mile loop, most of which was wooded, narrow and rocky. It included several water crossings, one of which was about 3.5 feet deep in the center. Love the pony - he hopped right into the water like it ( Read more... )

I just realized something AWESOME...not only am I not teaching for Kaplan this week, but it's spring break here, so no Biochem! I actually have time to do stuff this week!

The St. Patrick's Day parade was both miserable and absolutely incredible ( Read more... )

It's nice to know what the side effects of an injection are BEFORE you give it. My barn owners are on vacation so I'm watching all the horses. Last night I gave a shot of hormones to one mare to bring her into cycle. About 15 minutes later I walk past her stall and she's acting oddly, and literally has sweat dripping off her (it's about 30 ( Read more... )

Yesterday....rocked. I went out to R&Ms so we could get ready for the St. Patty's Day parade next weekend (yes, it's on the 11th - really not sure why). Hopped up on the pony (in spiffy green Elizabethan garb) and we burned some energy for about half an hour, worked on some games stuff, and then worked on getting Kniggit, Angel and Jack going ( Read more... )

Yesterday was just incredible. R&M and I went on a trail ride through gorgeous land that reminded me SOOOO much of VA! It was chilly, but really sunny and beautiful out, and we stopped to picnic in the woods. Pony was great, as usual, plowing through the underbrush. He decided to jump rather than step over one log, and I ended up almost but not ( Read more... )