confidence – Spymaster Equestrian

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”

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”

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”