Morning exercise: We did a run/walk on the sandy neighborhood roads in the mornings after tea. I am doing a program to re-enter the running world called “Couch to 5K”.…
We were introduced to Tik Maynard’s expertise by our trainer, Cayla Stone, another mustang/OTTB/can train any type of horse kind of trainer. She said to watch his videos and read…
Ironically, Ashley Carr, of Ashley Carr and Vicki Baker Eventing moved to the Ocala area from our area of Colorado. We have ridden with both Vicki and Ashley in Colorado…
We had ridden with Elisa Wallace numerous times in Colorado. We always learned a lot and admired her greatly. She is a multi-talented horse woman who trains mustangs, OTTBs, and…
Peter Atkins added greatly to our adventure by connecting us to James Houston, currently a carriage driver in Ocala. We knew nothing about him but Peter said he could take…
It was Buck’s original invitation to Ocala at a clinic in Colorado at Volte Farms that sent us to Ocala. Sadly, we were never able to have a lesson with…
Peter had three potential horses for us to ride, none of whom were on his farm (the reasons were unclear to us, because he owned 2/3 of them). Because we…
As mentioned, we left Colorado with some hopes and no set times to ride with trainers. Happily, we ended up watching three lessons and taking 6 (5 for Lisa). We…
Although I don’t plan on writing this blog in exact chronological order, it is worth briefly describing days 1 and 2, as they were days of exploration and planning. We…
Anticipating the cold and icy weather coming up in January and February, I texted Lisa a casual inquiry “do you want to go down to Ocala, Florida and ride with…
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