The #oldladieshorseshowing and their trusty steeds Derry and Bart have the day off.  The hot weather has broken, jackets are out of the closet, and early this morning Jane and I headed up to the NEC to watch  youngladieshorseshowing (there were no boys in the class) in the Zone 7 Equitation Championship this morning.  Harry […]

A better day, and a good finish! We had a turtle view just as we were about to leave – X rated!!  But since we love box turtles, we thought it a good omen… We loaded horses at 1:30 PM and left for our last day of showing this week.  When we arrived at the

“It’s not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall.” —Mexican proverb Both Jane and I spent a productive morning at home getting mowing done before the predicted rain.  The rain was initially predicted for Thursday, but we got lucky and it did hold off all day today, so at

Well, I’m trying a different blog to see what people think… Today, the #oldladieshorseshowing adventure continued.  It’s difficult showing at home, because everyday life continues on and we can’t escape to a horse show bubble, like we do when we go out of town.  But it is nice for the horses to get out in

Trying this as a blog… The #oldladieshorseshowing are back at it – after a long wait (two years for me, thanks to herniated discs last year) Jane and I are showing at the Lake St, Louis Indoor Preview Horse Show, followed by the St. Louis National Charity Horse Show.  This is our first chance to