Twitter: ArtofDressageI decided finally to put up a post on the controversial debate surrounding our beloved sport, hyperflexion or rollkur. This debate has been brewing for quite a while. I hesitated to put up a post on my blog, due to the passions surrounding this topic. I have visited other blogs in which hyperflexion/rollkur a...
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I recently ran across this poem. It is rather sad as life always has a way of seeming to be sometimes. I think we have to know the sad to fully appreciate the happy times in our lives. Most of us have an old guy (or girl) out in our field and those horses...
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Tonight, I was feeling a bit silly. I am a big fan of lists so I decided to come up with one of my own for Dressage riders. Feel free to add some of your own under comments. I’m sure you can come up with some pretty funny ones as well! Top Ten Ways...
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Hello world! My lack of posting this week is due to myself being under the weather both outside and inside my house. I am on the road to recovery and glad to be back to my computer . This morning I decided I wanted to write about the idea of “showing.” To show or...
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I am at home this evening preparing once again for another dousing of winter weather. I think if I have to roll up that 150 feet of hose out to the water trough again I just might scream. I live in Virginia, where we are not supposed to get 20+ inches of snow. Those...
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A little dressage humor for your Sunday!
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Many people unfamiliar with the equine world think, if you have horses you must have money! Haha… those of us with horses can laugh at this. We know that actually the opposite is true! If you have horses usually you DON’T have money unless you are blessed with a well off family, high paying...
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Wow, I can’t believe a month can go by so quickly. It seems like just yesterday I was tearing my hair out trying to get the site up and running. My poor husband knows the entire extent of the frustration and the various meltdowns along the way. I have learned a lot to say...
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I was born not an only child, I have one older brother. Having an older brother did have its perks, but I also gave me the role of perpetual Guinea Pig while I was growing up. I was smaller, lighter, and many times overly confident in my big brother’s ideas. I was never seriously...
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As I look out my window at the white 12 inches or so that covers my farm, I have mixed emotions. For one, the snow is rather pretty. I especially love the early morning when I go to feed and the sun is just starting to rise. The sun catches the snow and it...
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