After deliberation and discussion with my business partner, the decision has been made that the time has come to sell my long time project and wonderful horse, Vanessa. I have had her since she was 8 months old and have done all the training and showing on her and she is now 7 years old. The training plan changes a bit once ... Read More »

As the semester gets going for my college, high school and middle school equitation teams our lessons focus more and more on preparing for the first shows. We work on strengthening their positions, confidence, skills and the details that help them to be successful in the show ring. As many students don’t get as much ... Read More »

As an equine professional there is no escaping the fact that you will deal with colic probably many times throughout your career. With 35 horses on our property I would say that we have about two each year. Usually they are minor and resolved easily but we have had a couple over the years that have been severe. While there ... Read More »

The show is over! It went really well and everyone that came seemed to have a good time. The biggest stress factor for me was keeping all of the entries that came in that day as well as the adds and scratches organized and up to date for the announcer and judge. As a competitor, I think I’ll try harder to have my ... Read More »

In preparation for our upcoming horse show, I need to come up with ways to spruce up our existing jumps and make sure we have enough of everything to make a full course. To do this I first came up with a likely course that I’ll use for the horse show, assumed that I’ll want at least one if not two oxers and that ... Read More »