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...
Aug 4, 2010 | Patti's Blog
Ah, the magic of Facebook. Denny Emerson and I are “friends” on Facebook. Now, to be fair, I’ve never been formally introduced to Denny, but I have always admired his long-standing dedication to both distance riding and eventing. During Ned’s first 100 in Vermont, we...
Jul 26, 2010 | Patti's Blog
No one was more shocked than me when my husband, Richard, and I sat down to talk about which rides we’ll try to hit for the remainder of the season. Certainly the WV ride on August 7th is a no-brainer. Not too terribly far from home (~7 hours), lots of friends...
