The story begins with a new horse. I purchased Shadowfax when he was 3 with 30 days under saddle. I learned pretty quickly that this means absolutely nothing. I spent the first year with both of us learning ground skills. After he turned 4, I was ready to get him out on the trail.

Trail time and general conditioning went so well that I decided to take him to his first 25 mile competition in June. I honestly wanted to know if I had a solid endurance horse. He excelled and I came home with high h… Continue

"Your horse should have been born a cat," is what my coworker said when I told her of Zoey's latest ailment. "She is definitely the wrong species. She should be a pampered lapcat, that lives in a constant temperature with filtered water to drink and only exists to be doted on and adored."
Why would she 'dis my horse like that? Zoey is one of those horses that has a veterinarian on retainer. You know the kind - always finding a way to get sick/injured/allergic. On stall rest more often than not..… Continue

I tried several horses out, some old, some young, some registered, some not.
I settled on a 4 1/2 yr old "unbroke" gelding. Sounds fantastic right! So the past 3 months I have been breaking and training my youngster. He had been started as a 3 yr old then not riden for about a year.

Naptime at my house is 1-4 pm (sometimes stretching it til 5 if I am really busy). Perfect time to devote to training horses. I set out with my 2 baby monitors on my hip and spend some quality time with my ne… Continue

I would like to assist with getting some well deserved recognition for 2 good Samaritan riders. I was in the 50 mile ride at Mt. Diablo and some where around the 5 to 6 mile point of the ride I got dumped as my horse and I had a "fight" - she thought I was going too slow and I lost the fight. Anyway, 1hr and 10 mins later while following the trail back towards camp I came upon the most wonderful sight. A pack of ladies were escorting my horse to me! They were riding in the 30 mile distance and I… Continue

We got back from the Strawberry Fields endurance ride Sunday night about 7pm. It was a beautiful place to have a ride in the Uinta NF of UT. However the weather did not cooperate, it rained every day except Friday and part of Saturday. Sierra and I was able to complete 2, 25mi rides one on Friday where we finished 11th out of 29. Saturday we finished somewhere near the top but it was raining so hard we never found out our placing. Sierra is becoming quite and endurance horse. We had a great time… Continue