(“We tiptoed gingerly through the minefields”)  Read More

(“Hone your awareness of the sensations your horse supplies to your internal gyroscope .”) Read More

(“Presumably other benefits ensue.”) Read More

(“IT’S GONE!”)

I’m not the only person who over-schedules himself. I bet most of you do too. Between lessons and clinics, judging and traveling, I don’t leave myself very much time for the mechanical details of living. So it probably isn’t surprising that one Tuesday when I discovered a tire on my little roller skate-like Scion was a bit low, I did the obvious. I spent 75 cents at the Qwick King and put some air in it. And again on Thursday. And again on Saturday. Not enough of a leak to expect to be stranded on the Interstate, but also not worth canceling a lesson to sit around Bob’s Tire for an hour and a half. Read More

(“It works to get from shoulder-in to renvers also.”) Read More

(“Along the way, dressage has witnessed some abortive Bad Ideas.”) Read More

(“An inevitable escalation followed till the rides ended.”) Read More

(“. . . If only I could phoneticize Jack’s delivery!”) Read More

(“I’d knock down my own mother,” he growled once, “if she was crowdin’ the plate!” ) Read More

(“The tricks are consistency and being sure that the numbers you give convey the right messages to the rider.”) Read More