Month: February 2011

Why A Bad Day Is Not Necessarily A Bad Day

Something happened during my training session today that doesn’t happen often. I came off a horse. Soil test, unplanned dismount, rider relocation, call it what you will, I was on the horse, funky things happened, I was looking up thinking “What a beautiful blue sky… hey, wasn’t I riding a horse a moment ago?” For…


Hoof Abscess – Things I Have Recently Learned

Having always owned horses with great feet, that never required shoes due to their thick hoof walls and general superiority, I had never had to deal with hoof abscesses before this winter. Enter Zephyr. Z, while possessing fine hoof walls as well, is unfortunately a little flat-footed. This means the soles of his hoofs come…