The Roaming Rider

Trimming Gem's hooves has become something I both look forward to and enjoy. Watching the hoof respond to stimuli, change with it a...

Now for the other story. I am a self proclaimed uber anal groomer. It makes me cringe inside when others only scrape a small saddle shaped...

Do you know what is really, truly, insanely boring? Walking. Do you know what makes walking better? Doing it on my Gemmiecakes!   T...

The Plan:   Remove bar shoe and replace with steel keg shoe right front. The Execution: Time sure does fly by. Thursday night was ti...

Yesterday was September 1st. Not a special day by any means in terms of historical events, holidays etc... But for me September 1st was a v...

According to the vet, Gem should only be out for 4 hours a day right now. I call rubbish on that. She has been out in her enlarged pony padd...

Time to let Gem run free. Hoping she behaves herself and doesn't do anything stupid..... Ok...that went well. Perhaps there isn...

When I last left Gem she was happily and safely tucked into her small pony paddock with my portable electric fencing. According to barn staf...

Monday morning I woke up really tired. The weekend had been a blast and I was not ready to face pure reality just yet. Endurance ride hang o...