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I am sure you have read countless articles, personal stories, opinion pieces, and social media posts citing how different it is to be competing in the equestrian world as an amateur. Not only are you now fully financially responsible for this absurdly expensive sport, but you also have to juggle a full time job and other "adulting" life activities with horses. Whether they live at home with you or if you board, it can feel like there is much less time to spend at the barn com

It's no secret that green and green makes black and blue. As an adult amateur rider, it may not have been the best advised choice to purchase a freshly 5 yo OTTB with just a couple months restarted under saddle. But, Ghost is my 3rd OTTB on top of many, many more that I rode consistently, including some I broke myself. And, knowing I would be working with a trainer I figured my radar for a solid-brained TB was decent enough. Honestly, I really did hit the lottery with Ghost.

I got Ghost in April. A freshly 5 year old OTTB who had been lightly restarted and had a great brain for timid old amateur me. Getting a...

It's my favorite time of year. Here in north central Florida it doesn't quite feel like fall yet, except for in the evening where there's...

Do you remember playing Two Truths and a Lie? It's a conversation game that teachers loved to use as an icebreaker in school and I've...