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.

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Judging Dressage

Dressage isn't perfect, but what part is baby and what part is bath water? Watching the Dressage competition at the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fun

The secret he bleated was repeated with a neigh and a bray: hooray for today! ... *apologies to anyone looking...
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A Trailer of One's Own

A horsewoman told me that, at sixty-three, she was the proud owner of her very first horse trailer. I let...
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Barn Dance! Almost Soon!

Do you have friends who love playing games? My relatives were big card players--Pinochle, Canasta, Cribbage. I grew up to...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Morning

  The sun rises pale and delicious on the prairie. Take your coffee to the barn; baby pink clouds diffuse...
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How to Ride Creatively.

Riding a horse is the simplest thing in the world. Just point 'em and kick. What's so hard about that?...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow

He takes a narrow view of rain and a chill wind. He takes a narrow view of sharp voices, quick...
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Money: If Wishes were Horses…

"How much does a horse cost? Do you have to be rich to own one?" I can tell you how...
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Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top

Maybe it’s just simple math. The cumulative tally of giving versus withholding. Of offering open space for a wisp of an...
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Rescue: Training the Things We Take for Granted

Lethargy. Sweltering with a non-specific stickiness. Flies. More flies. Dilly-dallying. These are the wilting Dog Days of Summer, named for...
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