Lesson notes almost didn't happen for this month because the lesson almost didn't happen because I am a fucking idiot and wrote down...

Super behind, but I DID have a lesson in March! We worked more on getting him truly forward, and then on working out how much weight he ta...

I could sum up this entire lesson pretty easily: FORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARDFORWARD But this is a blog, so I will elaborate. Overall,...

One of my 2017 goals was to take more lessons, and when my trainer was in town for a few days and did a clinic, I jumped on board. I hone...

It happens to the best of us. You're approaching a jump - riding a fresh horse - asking for a little too much spice in an upward transit...

when the world is mudlicious and puddlewonderful says e.e. cummings , to continue the poetry kick. Two very good rides. Long road hack ...

Just some brief outline notes to remember this lesson - it was an excellent one. Tris is finally fit enough to get some serious work done. I...

The plan for the lesson was to warm Tris up thoroughly over his back before it started, and then drop the stirrups and do a 30 minute lesson...

A narrative of my lesson with my boyfriend on Tristan has been requested, and in thinking about how to write it I thought a bit about a bigg...

(first things first: it is a triumph of will that I even got to this lesson, after my car died 40 miles away and I had it pushed in neutral ...

Excellent, really difficult lesson yesterday. Tris and I were both quite tired at the end of it. Once again, we focused on getting him sup...

I do so love a lesson in which my ass is completely and thoroughly kicked, and that's just what we got yesterday. I had to do a relati...

Hooray and huzzah, back in the lesson swing! This was just a 30 minute one that ended in 40 minutes of work if you count the walk warmup a...

Last night, Tris had a massage scheduled (or re-scheduled, I should say, as it was meant to happen on the day his hives blew up, but thankfu...

I had the last of my boot camp lessons tonight; three lessons in 7 days, and probably the most progress I've ever seen in myself and my ...

Trainer is leaving for Florida in a week and a half, so I am hustling to use up my credits before she goes. Last night, we had our first l...

Second lesson on Tuesday, and it went really, really well. I think the 30 minute spots are a perfect fit for us right now: I have him warmed...

In short: very basic foundational lesson that we both really, really needed. If I could have asked to address any issues right now, it wou...

So I finally sucked it up and put in a request to ride a school horse in my lessons going forward. I was worried and maybe a bit scared - I ...

Balance, balance, balance: between forward and supple, between solid in my aids and position and soft and forgiving, and of course the good ...