RELAXED AND FORWARD: Since 2010, an archive of weekly horse training essays. My dogs say it's their turn now. Happy to oblige, it's all affirmative. Including words from a gray mare on the fine art of aging cantankerously.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Create
We are so cool that our obstacles have obstacles! The Dude Rancher has been creating special obstacles for Horse Agility,...
Horse Trading and Online Dating.
My grandfather Percy Blake was a horse trader. They say he had a good eye, but I could never quite...
Weekly Photo Challenge: CLOSE
Horse Yoga. So very close- it's your breath that I exhale. Anna Blake Infinity Farm.
Love + Fear = Confidence
It starts pretty much the same way for most of us: One day we see a horse. He's beautiful and...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Friendship
Friendship. This week I lost a friend, taken much too young. I hadn't been in touch for a few months...
Helmet Advice from Your Horse.
Tomorrow is International Helmet Awareness Day. I usually mark the day by writing about horses and helmets. Every year I...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Today
Today: A million tomorrow shall all pass away, ‘ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today. -lyrics by...
Duke Ellington has a Message for Dressage Riders.
It goes without saying that Duke Ellington is right, about most everything. And even horses agree. But I get ahead...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer
The photo prompt is Summer, and it is Memorial Day. And each year I get older, days like this have...
Edgar Rice Burro's Theatrical Debut…
... and what donkeys offer the real life dressage world. We're just home from Edgar Rice Burro's debut in the...
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