Austin Eventing

Yesterday was an exceptionally windy afternoon in Austin, Texas at Manor Equestrian Center. Texas has a way of making everything bigger and the weather patterns seem to fall right in line with that mentality. As we don't have a covered arena, my afternoon lessons were buffeted by howling winds and flying sand particles. Picture Lawrence of Arabia style teaching. Alright, that may have been a little dramatic, but it was very windy. I am not a "yeller". When I teach, I

This is what happens when you listen to "The Power of Now" on the way to the horse show. Audio books for the win! “You’re riding like you don’t trust your mare.” “I don’t," came the instinctive reply without pause. “Then get out of the tack,” came an even faster reply. {shocked look} “It’s not that you don’t trust your mare. You don’t trust yourself. That’s a very big difference.” “The reason that is different is most importantly that your lack of trust and belief in yoursel

I was asked about my thoughts on the "modified" division. I would like to share them and am curious as to what your thoughts are as well. Thanks for reaching out to me about the modified division. I have a few thoughts I wanted to share: First and foremost I think it depends on what direction we want this sport to continue to evolve in. If we are looking to move the sport to a more spectator friendly, Adult Ammy oriented, sponsor-geared, easier sport... then yes, the modi

It's official!! We have been sitting on this adventure of plotting and collaboration for long enough and are thrilled to be able to finally share it with you! Austin Eventing, run by Lisa Bauman, will be relocating to Blue Moon Farm in Wimberley, TX run by Laura Robinson and Ryan Null. With our powers combined... we are... Captain Planet! Sorry... I had to. In all seriousness, this announcement comes with such tremendous excitement from our AE'ers that we hardly know wha