Aug 26, 2010 | Patti's Blog
… from a lengthy coma. Truth be told, I was never much of a dressage queen, even when it was the primary type of riding I did. Too chunky, too willing to settle for “good enough”, too averse to wearing white breeches or gloves. That said, I’ve really neglected my...
Aug 23, 2010 | Patti's Blog
We had a weekend visit from Natty, a friend from Canada (and a “booger” for those of you who know the reference) and her new husband, Jeff, as they were interested to come to our home conditioning trails at Allegany State Park to do a conditioning RUN (yes, on their...
Aug 17, 2010 | Patti's Blog
Non-endurance riding friends, especially my dressage friends, marvel at the fact that I was able to get two horses fit for a hundred mile ride this season. Now, I will concede that in many ways, I am blessed with the perfect career, the perfect farm, and a workaholic...
Aug 13, 2010 | Patti's Blog
… “it’s always SOMETHING!” I probably jinxed my horses’ ongoing welfare when lamenting the rocks at last Saturday’s ride and miserably noting the likelihood that someone would get a stone bruise. While he finished absolutely sound, Ace was dead lame on Tuesday...
Aug 13, 2010 | Patti's Blog
Okay, I have a problem. A monkey on my back. I am addicted to Diet Pepsi. I don’t drink a lot of the stuff, but at around 1 or 2 in the afternoon, I can hear the Diet Pepsi calling to me from the downstairs refrigerator. “Patti, Patti!” it says, sweetly whispering at...
Aug 9, 2010 | Patti's Blog
This weekend was the Ride Between The Rivers near Elkin, West Virginia. We’ve been told over and over again what a FUN ride this was, how tremendous the hospitality, how tight the parking, and we might have also heard something about the moonshine. So we packed up...
