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 »