Life on the Horse Farm

The photo here generated a grand variety of reactions yesterday.  My first reaction was- Andrea, look at what you’re wearing!  Others were more snickering, with comments like, Yeah right- like you two didn’t plan this. I mean really.  What are the chances that two people who work together in the same place would wake up [...]

Seems like our cross country jumps are  seeing a lot of action lately. The slightly cooler weather has opened to door for frequent trips across the stream to the jump fields…. otherwise known as our hay fields.  So what if our fields have to do double duty. I know that big time hay farms would [...]

What on earth are these kids doing studying in the summer?  I know when I was a kid, when school was out I wanted to get as far away from books, papers, pencils, binders and test taking as I could.  I guess when you love horses and have a thirst for knowledge it doesn’t matter [...]

The management of horses requires a daily dose of seeing theory turned into reality.  A great part of my job and my life here on the farm is helping to educate people about horse behavior and how to deal with it.  One of the first things I tell people coming to the farm is about [...]

Seems like not a day goes by that I’m not asked, “Does this saddle look like it fits?”  Or I pose the same question to myself as I get ready to do a training ride on someone’s horse with my saddle. What is correct saddle fit?  I know that the two most important points are [...]