Happy Friday everyone! This week's fitness tip is to get outside! Being outdoors can calm our minds, give us some vitamin D, soothe our souls, and even help us to adapt to weather changes more quickly. Since most of you are fellow equestrians, I would hope that you enjoy being outside since riding requires it! …
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Resilience
"Life is rough so you gotta be tough." - Johnny Cash Is that not the truth? In life, we must be tough enough to refuse to give up on our goals and dreams - no matter how impossible they may be. We must have the resilience to pick ourselves up after every fall or failure, …
A New Week
Happy Monday, everyone! I am trying this new thing of planning out my week each Monday, and setting intentions and goals for the different areas of my life. Some of my goals for this week include waking up earlier to get my workouts in before I head to the barn, stay organized with my schedule, …
Rider Weaknesses
We all have weaknesses, as riders. Recognizing our weaknesses can help us to improve them, and work with them. No one is perfect, but being aware of our imperfections in our riding can help us to get better. I would say that my two biggest weaknesses as a rider are that I do not have …
Trot Jumps
The last couple of weeks, Chance and I have been working on a lot of trot jumps and grids. These exercises are so helpful!! Chance tends to (like many other hunters) just want to barrel around courses all strung out and sloppy. Needless to say, he has never been a huge fan of technical work. …
Nothin’ but a Hound Dog
I have posted about the newest member of the Walker family on my other social media outlets. But... Meet Ruby! She is a red-boned hound-dog, which is a type of bloodhound. She showed up a few weeks ago. My dog, Khloe, and I were running in the woods when we came upon this dog. Her …
Plan B
Since my realization last weekend that Chance very well may never be a show horse, I have been thinking about a suitable "Plan B." Of course the "should I sell him" thoughts have drifted across my mind, and then there is the suggestions from my family that I should "cut my losses and get rid …
Late Night Rodeo
Those of you that follow me on Instagram (@laurelashtonw) saw that Chance and I had quite the adventure on Saturday night! My barn had a little party, after which we all rode under the brand new arena lights. The lights are amazing, it's like day time in the arena. However, outside the arena was still …
Attitude is Everything
It is easy to have a good attitude about riding (and life) when everything is going well. But our attitude when things are going wrong can really shape our riding careers, and our lives. Say you have a bad show. We have all been there. After all of your terrible rounds are finished, do you …
A Light Week
Chance got his injections last Friday, so this week was a light hack week - until today. We injected his hocks and navicular bursa. The navicular injection has seemed to really help him stay sound, and well most jumping horses need their hocks done at some point (in my opinion) as a preventative treatment, if …
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