Carrots! Who doesn't love carrots? All the horses in my barn LOVE carrots! And all the humans in my barn love carrots - well, they LOVE...

The flying change - a exciting step in the dressage training journey! Is your horse ready to start learning how to do a flying change? ...

Ah, the joys of winter riding! While riding in the winter can mean lovely canters through picturesque snowy fields... more often than not...

If you're going to ride horses, you're going to fall off. It goes with the territory. Yep, shit happens even to the best riders out...

The medium trot... so beautiful to watch yet surprisingly tricky to execute. How often have you seen the comment, "Too quick" or...

We finally had some real rain last night here in SoCal... and it looks like we'll be getting more over the next few days! Lord knows our...

The canter - we ride many movements in this gait. And the higher up the levels we go, the more time we spend in canter and the more...

Ready to make the leap to from Second to Third level this next show season? Congrats! It's big step! Um... hello - flying changes! ...

Happy Women's Entrepreneurship Day! Cheers to all you amazing women out there running your own business and absolutely killing it! I...

We've all seen those riders who sit so effortlessly in the saddle... our Olympic idols who instinctively move with their horse and whose...

How many of you have ever dreamt of bringing up your very own young horse? From adorable baby horse to Grand Prix extraordinaire!...

One of my personal goals for this year has been to develop a more mindful mindset (say that five times fast! Ha!) - more mindfulness in...

I've seen quite a few articles, Instagram posts, etc. going around about how hard it is to get into the horse industry, especially...

In my last post I talked about how to create your own confidence - how to get out there and try new things even when you're scared or...

I don't know about you, but I think winter riding can feel a little nerve-wracking at times. The weather is cold (I hate the cold!), the...

Ah, the shoulder in... It's nearly impossible to do any reading or You Tube-ing, etc. about any sort of dressage training without...

Five days of rain on top of the Covid-19 quarantine has me dreaming of blue skies and quality saddle time! While there is still no real...

Last time we talked about how to use the leg yield to improve the lengthened trot. Read about it here! I love this exercise, but it...

It's getting to be that time of year again...crisp early mornings, long sweat-filled days, the sun setting over the barn as you finish...

Last weekend Stella and I had the privilege of participating in the Western States Horse Expo as a demo rider for the Steffen Peters...