Jan 2, 2014 | Patti's Blog
Having done some expos and endurance clinics, a couple of interviews and a bit of mentoring over the last year or so, I find that riders contemplating our sport fall into one of two categories: One group believes it is all about racing and they want to know...
Dec 15, 2013 | Patti's Blog
For the last several months, we’ve been keeping our eyes open and mentioned to a few friends that we were in the market for a young horse. Sarge is coming 17 years young this year, and while he’s still feisty and full of good years, we knew that if we...
Dec 14, 2013 | Patti's Blog
Dressage as a riding endeavor is rewarding and addicting in so many ways — Molding and teaching a horse to utilize its body gymnastically, teaching a conversation where both horse and rider have a voice and are tuned in to the nuanced changes in one another, and...
Dec 7, 2013 | Patti's Blog
[The first thing I have to do is officially divorce my personal opinions, comments and this entire rant from what is my official role on the AERC Board of Directors. I have certainly expressed my thoughts and feelings and ideas to that group of twenty-six, and am...
Nov 29, 2013 | Patti's Blog
Photo of Toni Wolf and her mare, Huggy, are “in the pink” and proving that of COURSE you are ready! It concerns me sometimes that we’ve made success in our sport seem like some unattainable thing, requiring hours and hours of ceaseless daily...
