Cob Jockey

My crazy work schedule meant a missed lesson this week, which we made up on Sunday.  In daylight.  In the open field across the street.  HAL...

Contest results at the bottom, but first, an amazing lesson! I asked not to ride T in my lesson last night because I felt that I'd fig...

Heroes reference, anyone? Beautiful morning for a ride. The two big things that Nancy pointed out and then helped fix on Monday were m...

First lesson in two weeks, thanks to a work conference, and my trainer silently studied us for several minutes before pronouncing him “110%...

Whoa.  I think I just figured something out. I was riding Connor this afternoon, still working on his bending and stiffness issues and cor...

Fun fact: on St. Patrick's Day last year in Indianapolis, the high was 77.  Today's high was 37.  Winter 2013 is officially "Th...

The best instructors can come in with a game plan, but also have the ability to change that game plan on the fly if they identify a differen...

Whew.  It's been a while since Distracted Pony has made an appearance, but that was certainly the case today.  R, owner of the only stal...