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.
Anna Blake
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?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny
Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny “Tiny? Are you kidding? If you adjust my size to human size, this is the equivalent to you bringing down a beagle. Could you manage? I don’t think so. Besides, he was very quick and really mean. You’re welcome.” -Squirrel, Tiny Medium Game Hunter
A Different Kind of Runaway.
It has been a scary week in our horse world. Everyone is aware by now that there is an outbreak of EHV-1, a potentially deadly virus. Get educated and understand bio-secure recommendations. Use the internet to its full and best potential by getting the actual facts as given by actual professionals, like veterinary colleges or … Read more
Weekly Photo Challenge: Red
Weekly Photo Challenge: Red Red Mom, Red Baby. It was three years ago exactly, under the very same full moon… The Uncle-Horses stayed up late to welcome a filly- Happy Birthday, Claro d’Luna. Anna, Infinity Farm
A Lesson Horse is Born….
… and Grace gives herself a promotion. Dressage borrows lots of language from ballet -after all, we are the dancers of the horse world. Pas de Trois is a dance of three. I have commandeered that phrase to describe riding lessons as a conversational dance between horse, rider and instructor. All three participants have to … Read more