Weekly Photo Challenge: Refreshing
This week the photo challenge is REFRESHING! Nearing the dog days of summer here at Infinity Farm, with Tomboy -aka Swamp Thing. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Anna Blake
Same Old Dressage, Brand New Eyes.
This week I have been preparing for a clinic this weekend at Infinity Farm. It is the my favorite clinic every year: Fundamentals of Dressage. One of my clients asked if it was going to be the same as last year. (Eye roll -is this a trick question?)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Worn
This week’s photo challenge is WORN. You may have to read to see if this photo ever gets to the point… The donkeys are with us at the Pikes Peak Brewing Company. We are sipping cold ones on the patio, after a trail drive at Spruce Mountain. Sometimes when you are at a bar, someone … Read more
R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me!
Namaste is a Sanskrit word -which means it’s very old. Most translate it to some version of “The spirit in me respects the spirit in you.” There is so much in a name. Namaste is also an easy-on-the-eyes, young, Friesian-Arab gelding with a big dressage heart. I have known him for about 5 years and … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning
This week the photo challenge is Morning. Morning is nap-time at Infinity Farm- And the very best time to share a dream with a friend. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Dressage: A Relaxed and Forward Ride.
The foundation of Dressage for the rider/horse is rhythm. I define that as a balanced combination of relaxation and forward. It sounds deceptively simple. A rider/horse can not sacrifice forward for relaxation, or relaxation for forward. The art of riding is in negotiating the balance of the two in both the rider and the horse. … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers
This week the assigned theme is Numbers. Four dogs, one sofa. Bad math. (Howdy, Tomboy, Hero, and Finnegan) and Anna, Infinity Farm
Equine Gastric Ulcers… and Sage.
I’ll call her Sage. Sage was a thoroughbred mare with classic elegance. A solid bay with a long neck and pointy withers. She was very feminine, not too tall, but she was proud. That’s who she was born to be -but what she looked like was very different. She was in a small stall the … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Water
Weekly Photo Challenge: Water Infinity Pond with fillies. Here on the flat, windy, treeless prairie of Colorado, waterfront property is rare. Home, Sweet Home. Anna, Infinity Farm.
Who Am I This Time?
Sometimes our personality isn’t the best match for where our horse is at the moment -but acting the part of a confident rider might reveal a path from being the Odd Couple to Fred and Ginger in Shall We Dance?