Saturday the Knoxville News Sentinel posted an article about the City League sponsoring a competition in Knoxville featuring Grand Prix jumping taking place at the Civic Colliseum. The Knoxville Quickstars will be competing against teams from all over the place. It sounds great. Competitions rang from fences 2 feet to 5 feet high with timed and untimed courses. It sounds like a blast.
The semifinals are in Tryon, NC in October. I hope to be able to go and watch.
The farrier came out today and trimmed Rajiyyah’s feet. They are finally looking better. Her front feet seem to be just about normal now, and her hind feet are coming along. Her back heels are under-run, a condition where the heels start growing underneath the foot. It can be relatively easily corrected with persistent trimming,…
I’m getting so close to being fully healed. It’s like every week there is something that I do that sets me back. After talking with my physical therapist, we decided that the healing would progress better if we removed as many variables as possible. One of those variables is riding. So. He gave me some…
I bruised my tailbone after riding back in the beginning of April and I’m still not back in the saddle. It’s driving me a little crazy not being able to ride. We have had some beautiful weather that is perfect for riding. But I’m stuck. The orthopedist was finally able to see me. He said…
Thirteen years ago, my horse somersaulted and landed on me when we were cantering during a riding lesson. I don’t remember what happened exactly. We were cantering down the long side at the end of the lesson and she felt magnificent: strong impulsion, light in my hands, and then something. The world spun and I…
When Kasane and I do serpentines free-lunging, I usually only have my carrot stick (4′ stick used for cues with a six foot lash). You are right in that most of the cues she is working from are body language and voice commands (walk, trot, reverse, etc.). You know how you can feel when your…
Insulin resistant horses like Isis have trouble with heat. Insulin resistance is similar to a pre-diabetic condition in people: the horses who have this metabolic issue do not process insulin (and sugars) normally. IR impacts everything else in one giant cascade: IR horses’ immune systems aren’t quite at 100%, heat affects them harder than other…