I rode Ruby a two times last week, and have been steadily improving.  All the work at turning Ruby without out my hands are finally paying ...

 I rode Ruby two other times last week.  The second time, I rode her out of the arena and in an empty pasture while warming up, with Laura, ...

For my second ride on Moxie, I mostly worked on slowing his trot to a leisurely jog, and on getting him to become round.  I also rode one-ha...

*Long, word heavy post without a lot of pictures, but there is a lot to tell! Yesterday, I rode Moxie, Laura's big black john mule....

 I'm really excited because my last few rides have been phenomenal.  I have really improved a lot since January, when I began riding wit...

I had yet another fantastic ride earlier this week.  Lucky was round much more consistently, and most importantly, I was able to keep her ro...

  I've been doing some of the usual work with Laura lately(tacking up and grooming mostly). Last week, I had a short but productive walk...

 Over the weekend, I went to the local rodeo, which was very fun because rodeos are so different than riding I normally see. There was bronc...

 The second day of the clinic was a lot about reining and western pleasure, and I learned a lot. We started by learning some of the warm-up ...

 I don't think I've mentioned this before, but Laura loves trying all kinds of disciplines, English and western. She believes that t...