I feel a huge box to check off when it comes to horse training is finding the right equipment for my horse! Flynn and I finally found the right bit, and I started utilizing a small spur, and it is already making a huge difference in our rides. The right tack and aides can be …
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Let’s Go Ride
Does your horse care how much you ride? I was inspired to write this post, as I am coming off of a couple of years of sporadic riding. I also often read posts on social media about how it's okay to not ride very often, and to not be hard on yourself if you are …
SaddleBox Review
Recently, the company SaddleBox was kind enough to send me a box of goodies to review! The best part was the picture of the rescue horse the company has helped right on the inside of the box! Also, it arrived very quickly from the day they shipped it. Who wants to wait forever for their …
New Year, Old Me
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been doing a lot of reflecting, goal setting, and thinking about what I want to accomplish over this next year. While I always look forward to a new year, and the possibilities it brings, this year I want to do more than that. In 2022, I want …
Winter Solstice Vibes
Winter solstice. When the day is short, the weather is cold, and normally quiet horses turn into fire breathing giraffes. Okay, okay Flynn didn't breathe fire this morning but he did have some giraffe vibes during our ride this morning! And considering the fact that it was in the 80s all last week, I can't …
Getting My Life Back
I finally finished nursing school, and I feel like a new person. I have free time again. I am not longer bogged down by stress and burnout. I am getting my life back. I know it sounds dramatic, but nursing school was such a huge commitment and took so much out of me. It also …
When Times Get Tough: Go For A Ride
I don't think that anyone can deny that the past couple of years have been tough, collectively. 2020 really turned our whole world upside down. Along with that, there are always struggles in life no matter what else is going on in the world. Loss, heartbreak, failure, stress. These are things most of us have …
Don’t Sell Your Horse Short
I was a little intimidated getting back into the hunter jumper world. My horse isn’t fancy. He’s an off the track thoroughbred. He's not a warmblood. He is not a made hunter, but still learning. You know what though, he gets so many compliments at the barn and he has been making so much progress …
Your Horse Isn’t Your Therapist
"...it is not Flynn's job to deal with my problems and help me to feel better. And I think that it is very easy to sort of put that on our horses."
Horses and Fireflies
Sometimes I get sad the day before I go to work. Days like today. Working now is a day that I do not get to see the horses, since moving back to the big city (okay, it's a suburb but same difference). A work day is a day that I don't get to breathe the …
Laurel Ashton Equestrian 