Author Archives: Mel

Numbers are goals, letters are rough plans. As usual, some of these are stretch goals, some are not 100% in my control. Bali No laminitis get hay analyzed and look into mineral balancing her diet re-test her ACTH level keep … Continue reading →

During COVID, I apparently spent the time I was not commuting, riding. Oh, and I didn’t get much swimming in either. After 15 years of tracking rides, I’m up to 6976 rides. I logged rides on my horses by others … Continue reading →

I wake up, still stiff. Oh, Neuf is braided for Saturday and Sunday. That was organized as well, Thanks Karen, the braids were beautiful!!!! I get to the barn and Neuf has been braided, lunged, cleaned up and is awaiting … Continue reading →

I’m pretty darned stiff when I wake up after trying to NOT fall off, I know better. But, I have the barn crew taking care of my horse, so I can loosen up and sleep a bit. I’m surprisingly feeling … Continue reading →

The classes I’d entered were all wrong, but Michael went to the office and fixed it. I did not know what I was entered in. Jocelyn would ride first in the 2’6″ USHJA classes, I’d follow in the unrestricted 2’6″ … Continue reading →

I had two goals for the weekend; 1) get into the warm up rings as many times as possible, relax and get over my anxiety and, 2) have fun at a horse show. I told Michael my goals, did my … Continue reading →

Step one, acknowledging the problem. Step two, a bit of root cause analysis. After a dramatic return to showing with a schooling show in June, where I met Michael and had a rough start with a fall after the first … Continue reading →

For a long time I’ve had serious anxiety issues around showing. I have a serious inferiority complex (I’m not good enough – I didn’t learn as a kid), imposter syndrome (I don’t belong here – I don’t have <insert>), I … Continue reading →

Sailor is long overdue for an update.  After we jumped a couple of fences at Deerfield, he stayed home to work on steering, while I just took Neuf and Legacy over for jumping lessons.  Steering was bad for a while.  … Continue reading →