Nilla the Anti-Dressage Mule
Two weeks ago I had a dressage lesson with Nilla where she basically went unhinged. She’s been getting progressively worse about going on the contact. Or rather, she’s always been… Read more »
Category Archives: Horseback Riding Lesson
Cross Country Clinic with Brian Sabo
As I mentioned in my post about schooling cross country, I’ve been wanting to do a clinic and get some professional help with cross country. The barn that hosts the… Read more »
Eugene Is Awesome
We’re continuing to ask more and more of Eugene and he keeps on rising to the occasion. Last week he had a lesson with seasonal trainer. One of the his… Read more »
Nilla Dressage Lesson
After missing my lesson, I then went to a wedding all weekend and Nilla got even more time off to collect energy and be even more miserable for our make-up… Read more »
Nilla Lesson
On Friday, I had my first dressage lesson with the trainer since Nilla’s injury. Nilla was finally fit enough to make it through a full lesson and I was eager… Read more »
Dressage Lesson: How to Utilize your Tongue for Extra Momentum
Nilla’s tongue was out in full force for our weekly dressage lesson. Here it is literally bouncing through the air with every canter stride. It’s honestly kinda disturbing. Let’s zoom… Read more »
Struggle Bus
The struggle bus is real, y’all, and we are on it. On Wednesday, I woke up feeling sick. I went to work figuring it would go away, but it only… Read more »
Halts
I had a lesson Wednesday night and we worked on halts. A lot. It got a little better, but even the trainer admitted Nilla was being a bitch about it…. Read more »
Dressage Lesson
On Wednesday we had a dressage lesson with the trainer’s assistant as the trainer was traveling. I would normally just skip a week, but wanted some expert help regarding which… Read more »
Dressaging
Dressaging is totally a word, right? Blogger says it isn’t, but I think it pretty accurately describes what I’ve been doing lately. Part dressage, part flailing: dressaging. At last week’s… Read more »