Channel Archives: Community

When I Go

There has been another tragic death in the equestrian community, a life taken doing what she loved—this time an Australian eventer. I didn’t know this young woman personally, but I know who she likely was at...

That Perfect Ride

That ride. I just had that perfect ride. You know the one – the one where it all clicks. The one where you ask him to move off your left...

This Is Where I Go

When I feel let down by friendships, the misunderstandings and absence and one-sidedness, this is where I go. When I feel like my children are suffocating me—the crying and the...

Misdiagnosed

You’ve heard the phrase “If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it must be a duck." That is an example of abductive reasoning, more accurately inference, where...

The Power of Improvement

The days following last weekend's wreck of an event were spent in a bipolar state of emotions. I was bummed with Nixon ("Called to Serve") for getting eliminated, proud of...

Creating a “Treat Monster”

It was a lovely morning as I pulled up to the barn. From the car I could see several happy horse heads sticking out of their stalls, including my own...

Personal Goals: Finish

Yesterday was the first show of the season for many of us here in Kentucky, the Paul Frazer Memorial Combined Test at the Kentucky Horse Park. The show has become...

My Own Worst Enemy

I can remember being 17 and sitting on my horse in the entrance to the arena in Harrisburg. It was 10 o’clock at night and I was getting ready to...