Work and Fun as a Rider, Instructor, and Trainer at Riding Right, an Equestrian Center in Cambridge, NY
Fun Friday this week: Playing the matching game. I like giving my students who color coordinate things a hard time. I think it’s out of admiration. I can hardly figure out what I’m going to wear on any given day, but to be organized enough to not only wear a nice outfit of complimentary colored [...]
For Fun Friday this week a great read from the London Telegraph. It’s the story of an author, who in her quest for authenticity in her writing, takes on side saddle riding, corset and all. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/countryside/9163855/The-ride-of-my-life-side-saddle-and-in-a-corset.html Hollie McNeil, Author:40 Fundamentals of English Riding, Owner/Trainer:Riding Right Farm
Show season normally doesn’t start for us until the month of May. This past weekend we got a head start with a little in-house show geared exclusively to our kid riders. It was the first try for such an event. The idea was to give our younger riders a chance at a little competition. The [...]
It’s back to the farm for me after days away at the Ohio Equine Affaire. What a great event. Horses and riders of every kind. It seems like whatever is happening out there in the horse world the organizers of the event brought a little slice of it to the grounds of the Ohio State [...]
Today’s look at the Horseman’s Oath really hits home for us at Riding Right Farm. 6. Contact with horses makes a lasting impression and has a character forming effect especially on young people. The positive effects should be encouraged and built on. One of the most rewarding parts of teaching riding is seeing how horses [...]