Hello! I am sorry for my lack of posts, my mind has been consumed with many things that aren't horses for once! As I have mentioned before, I am training for a half marathon; The Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend in Disney World, to be exact. The race is in November, and I am …
Never Forget
May we all take today to remember and honor all whose lives were lost on September 11th, 2001 and the brave souls who have sacrificed so much to defend our freedom since then. #NeverForget
Auto Changes
Chance was crazy good today. He has been on stomach supplements for a little over a week now, and I think they might be working! His sourness seems to be slipping away. He was calm and quiet at the jumps, and even got his lead changes completely on his own. I was amazed. Lead changes …
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." ~ Socrates Wishing you all a great and short week filled with horses!
Hot Hot Labor Day!
It is a humid Labor Day here in Montgomery! I rode around nine this morning, just a light hack, and we were both sweaty messes. Coming to the end of summer, we still have to remember to keep ourselves and our horses well hydrated. I made the mistake of not staying hydrated yesterday. I did …
Being Forgiving
One of the greatest moments in the horse and rider relationship is when the horse has his or her rider's back. We all make mistakes sometimes - we can't find a distance to save our lives, we lean over through the lead change, we forget our course and end up weaving right and left to the next jump. …
Always Something
I have had a lot of trouble with Chance this summer. I have not posted about it because I have been trying to find a way to resolve it. I have had a lot of struggles with this horse over the past few years, and I thought we were past much of it. It all …
#ThrowbackThursday
These are a couple of the first pictures I took of Chance!! He had not been working consistently at his previous home, so he was a little thinner and far less muscular than he is now. He actually almost looked like a thoroughbred back then. Today, however, he looks like the typical giant warmblood hunter …
The Ride You Give
Yesterday, I read a post from Horse Collaborative called "The Horse Feels What He Feels", by Denny Emerson. Denny Emerson was name "One of the 50 most influential horsemen of he Twentieth Century" by Chronicle of the Horse, and was elected to the USEA Hall of Fame in 2005. He is also the only rider to win a …
An Equestrian’s Other Best Friend
Whenever I am at a horse show I can't help but notice that there are always about as many dogs as there are horses. Every trainer has their trusty companion(s) by their side, or by their stalls, or in their golf carts, or right smack dab in the middle of everything getting in everyone's way. …
Laurel Ashton Equestrian 