It is astounding to me how few riders think of themselves as athletes. "We just ride horses," I have been told. At horse shows, I have seen even trainers chowing down on junk food all day, and guzzling sodas. Many riders and trainers do not exercise outside of riding. In my opinion, equestrians are athletes and …
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Monsoon Season in Texas
It has just rained and rained and rained. There has been so much flooding in the Houston area the past couple of weeks, and it is pouring outside as I write this. The good news is that we are out of the drought we have been in for the past several years. Between wildfires and …
A Perfect Ride and Terrible Weather
Yesterday was one of those perfectly magical rides that I never wanted to end. Even with thunder rumbling in the distance when we started jumping, Chance was quiet and we were completely in sync. My eye is improving at the bigger jumps, and he is not building quite so much throughout our courses. We only …
Making Time to Ride
A few years ago, when I first began working as a real estate agent, people would often ask me if I still found time to ride. I always replied, "yes of course," as if that could even be a question I would think to myself. I have ridden for nearly fifteen years. For a few …
Bad Horses
I have always loved bad horses. Not dangerously crazy horses, but the horses with a little sass that make you work for their respect. The horses that won't pack you around, but demand the same level of focus and accuracy that you desire from them. The horses that are just a little hard. That has …
Endless Possibilities
As an ambitious, goal-oriented person with big dreams I have always had a hard time with not moving forward at the pace I would like. I often think about how far I have to go to get where I want. I am also extremely hard on myself, as well as very critical of my every …
Show Horse Life
Yesterday, Chance and I finally made it to a show! He has managed to injure himself before every show so far this year. Not yesterday though, so maybe that streak is over! We went to simply school and hang out. If you have been following this blog for a while, you know that we have had some serious …
Riding Through It
Chance is not an easy horse, by any means; he is one of the most difficult horses I have ever ridden. There have been times that he has truly scared me. For so long, I would have constant flashbacks of those frightful experiences. Fear has no place on horseback. It makes things worse because horses can …
Blessed
I woke up this morning to the sound of some much needed rain. Even though I may not be able to ride today, I am very thankful for the rain. We have had fire warnings the past few weeks, so a couple of rainy days is a very good thing. As I drank my coffee …
Slow Down
Everyone is so busy these days, constantly hurrying about to accomplish the thousand things they have to accomplish each day. Busyness is so prevalent in our lives, and it leads to a serious problem: stress. Basically each person I know is likely stressed out today about one thing or another. It is almost trendy to be stressed, sleep …
Laurel Ashton Equestrian 