I had many great horsey experiences in 2019! I am really pleased with how the year went overall; nothing is ever perfect, but both horses are sound, happy, and healthy, which is really what matters to me. Some of my 2019 goals were met easily or with lots of hard work, and a few of them were utter fails haha. C'est la vie! Let's recap! Happy, health, sound Both mares are doing well in this regard! Dreamy will be 29 this year, and while she definitely shows signs of her age at times, she overall looks and acts much younger than she really is! Ellie has really matured this year, filling out as well as mentally becoming more comfortable in her own skin. As she will be eight this year, I feel like we have moved through the baby phase. having this photo shoot was definitely a highlight of 2019! Continue lessons with Beth and Babette This goal was met and then some! I took almost weekly dressage lessons with Beth and monthly jump lessons with Babette. Thanks to the
Here is the latest installment of "What's in YOUR tack room?" and this time we are looking at what I keep in my trailer! First installment is here . My first trailer was a neat 20' Eby stock trailer that I purchased in 2003 and paid for myself. It is the first thing I bought and paid for new on my own, and I towed that thing everywhere from here in Maine to New Jersey and even Kentucky. I loved that trailer and was sad to sell it, but it was pretty exciting to purchase another new one, just a bit longer (gotta fit husband's pulling oxen!). So now it is not a "horse trailer" but a "livestock trailer" haha. My first rig - still own the truck (bought that new and paid it off as well!) I admit, at first I was not super impressed with owning a stock trailer. It just didn't seem as cool as the nice slant horse trailers with real dressing rooms and real horse windows. Of course, it didn't take long for me to realize that a sto