My trainer almost never rides my horse. This isn’t because I don’t trust her (she’s arguably one of the only people in the world that I genuinely do trust with him). This isn’t because she doesn’t know what she’s doing. She’s literally the most qualified person in our area to help me achieve my goalsContinue reading “on making your own horse”
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a tale of npa and lighting money on fire
In an absolutely shocking turn of events (/s), the whole PSD discovery was yet again the tip of the iceberg, not the core of the onion, so let’s take a stroll through Cooper’s and my last four months, shall we? Last time I wrote, it was the week before Cooper’s first recheck after his sevenContinue reading “a tale of npa and lighting money on fire”
the unsaid things
I’ve been having a really hard time motivating myself to ride these last few weeks. I was officially cleared to go back to normal activity on the weekend of September 9th, after I went and had follow-up bloodwork done to confirm that all of my levels (liver enzymes, primarily) had returned to a normal rangeContinue reading “the unsaid things”
starting over (again)
I honestly don’t even know where to begin with this post, other than the beginning, so… let’s just rewind a month and a half and talk about everything that’s happened in the last five weeks (and before that, really). It’s been just over seven months since we moved to my trainer’s barn—six months exactly wasContinue reading “starting over (again)”
weekly wanderings, part iv
I jumped my horse today. I jumped my horse today, for the first time in five(ish) months. I jumped my horse today, outside, for the first time since we moved barns in January. I jumped my horse today and he didn’t buck a single time. I jumped my horse today and he didn’t rush theContinue reading “weekly wanderings, part iv”
safe spaces
Isn’t it amazing how you can be a stone’s throw away from a place on a physical level but feel like you’re in an entirely different world? Yesterday marked two months since Cooper and I moved to my trainer’s barn (and today is four years since he was first listed on CANTER!), and I can’tContinue reading “safe spaces”
weekly wanderings, part iii
Huge news, guys—remember how I said this last week? I don’t know how long it’s going to take for me to be able to canter him in a straight line and have a clean downward transition at the end. https://spymasterequestrian.com/2023/01/20/biweekly-wanderings-part-ii/ Ha. Hahaha. We don’t have the clean downward transition at the end yet, but guessContinue reading “weekly wanderings, part iii”
(bi?)weekly wanderings, part ii
“He’s going to be okay.” The thing about knowing someone from the age of ten is that, even when you haven’t consistently seen each other in over a decade, you tend to know each other’s tells pretty well. The thing about knowing each other’s tells is that it makes it a lot easier to sayContinue reading “(bi?)weekly wanderings, part ii”
a change of scenery
And so one era comes to an end and a new one begins (or is it just the restart of an old one? Depends on how you choose to look at it, I guess). Cooper moved to his new digs this morning (read: my trainer’s barn, ten minutes down the road from the barn whereContinue reading “a change of scenery”
getting back on track (pun intended)
So… I sort of lied a little bit. It was a lie by omission more than anything else, but still, a bit of a lie. The truth is that Cooper has had a couple of weeks off since the mini trial, with a couple of exceptions because he lives for causing Trouble™ when left toContinue reading “getting back on track (pun intended)”
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