It's been an interesting year. First I found out that Asia would not be sound enough to compete in Western dressage, at least not this season. I had planned to go to all the rated shows I could find culminating at the WDAA World Show and the Morgan Grand National in OK. Not to be, [...]
For me training a young horse involves weeks and months of gradually building the right muscles, developing a language between the horse and trainer that both understand, spending time learning about all the details that a lifetime partnership with humans entails. Grooming, cross ties, farrier, indoor arenas, outdoor arenas, trails, varied terrain, leaving friends, saddles, [...]
With the advent of a home base at Berkshire Equestrian Center in Richmond MA, I have decided to change my winter strategy. Last winter I booked clinics and lessons for every weekend and most weekdays. This laudable attempt to keep working through the difficult months of January to April was based on the supposition that [...]
I was on my way to Oklahoma for the WDAA World Championships and the Morgan Grand National with Asia in tow when I got a call at 4:00 in the morning that my husband was in the ICU. Fortunately it was only the first of three overnight stays on the trip so it was only [...]
Renaissance Horsewoman (A book about me!?) by Cathy Drumm When I first met Lise Krieger she was riding one of her Canadian horses Dudley in a lesson during the first of many clinics at a local farm. Dudley had a sullen look on his face and though Lise was attempting to make him cooperate I [...]
Asia and I did indeed ride down the Centerline at the rated shows this summer. We competed at CT Morgan, New England Morgan, Oakrise Farm and The Northeastern Western Dressage Championships. As I said in my last re-rider blog we competed at Intro because Asia simply isn’t ready for canter yet. Her back needs to [...]
I turned the big 60 in January of 2018. It is a birthday that I was actually looking forward to. For some reason I have always regarded 60 as the turning point from middle age to old age. Not that I now think I am old, in many ways I feel better than I have [...]
