For my last two lessons, I rode Moe again to get a better feel for her and learn more. Since she is trained in dressage I work on keeping h...

 Wednesday, I rode Ronnie and I had a great ride. For the first part, though, I was riding very well. It turned out to be caused by me havin...

 Today I received an XC armband from Sarah at Eventing in Color . These armbands are mandatory for both jumping and cross country in an ev...

 Monday, I had a lesson on Mo so I cold try her out. Mo is one of the lesson horses but is used as often as Ginger and Reno because she is f...

I have some good news, but also a slight dilemma. The good news is, my trainer found a barn for the horses to move to. It is an nice eventin...

 Saturday was the last Pony Club at Silver Rose. Four other girls, including two from the barn and two young girls on ponies, as well as mys...

 First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for the kind comments on my previous post. For Friday's lesson, I worked Chester on a lo...

 I'm going to talk about my lesson and Pony Club, but for now I'm going to share some devastating news that has really left me compl...

 Wednesday I went back to the kimberwick for Chester since I'm still not quite able to ride him well in the snaffle. I warmed him up bu ...

 Friday I had a group dressage lesson with two other girls: Anica and Kaylee. I rode Chester in the snaffle bit again. I haven't been us...

 Wednesday's lesson started out nicely enough. I was trotting around the dressage arena, heading across diagonals and doing what I usual...

 Some of you may know that one of my hobbies outside of horses is drawing. What do I draw? Horses of course! It's been a while since I...

 Monday's lesson brought a great learning experience. It started with me riding canter serpentines with a trot transition in between to ...

 Saturday, I Chester in his snaffle bit since Meghan thinks I'm ready to try him in that, which will make getting him on the bit easier ...

 All the excitement from the eventing competition at the World Equestrian Games has concluded. Though I was not able to watch it, I have fol...

 For Friday's lesson, I worked mostly and getting Chester on the bit, which can be a hard skill to learn. He knows how to bend his neck ...

 Wednesday, I worked more on controlling the canter, one of my goals, so Chester doesn't go full speed. I did this by working on a serpe...

 For Monday's lesson, I worked on my position, mostly on gripping with my calves to give my body more support. I rode Chester on a trot ...

  For Wednesday's lesson, I practiced getting Chester to round up and connect to the bit, I new skill that Meghan thinks I am ready to ...

 Monday I test rode a bay gelding by the name of Romeo, who is being sold by an operation that resells unwanted horses. He is an older 18-ye...

 I had another great lesson Friday, riding with Anica for part of it again. First, though, I warmed Chester up in the arena and trotted arou...

 For Wednesday's lesson I rode Ronnie, the bay mare I mentioned earlier, riding Chester on my own just before so he wouldn't sit unt...