Austin Eventing

Mother Nature decided we needed a break from our regularly scheduled Weds group jump lessons, so we were rained out. In lieu of lessons, we decided to offer in-house lectures here at Manor Equestrian Center. Daniel Bedoya, Sr accepted my invitation to join me for the lecture. Daniel is the owner of the barn that Austin Eventing operates out of and if you don't know much of his history, check this out: http://www.horsegazette.com/Monthly_Features/Aug-2003/Bedoya-index.htm

Thank you to our Guest writer for this blog post. So I decided to buy a horse?!?! I found myself a hobby. I was looking for an inexpensive one (like macramé) but said F* it and went whole hog into riding. I decide this because all my life I have wanted a “pony” and to receive pretty ribbons!!! Not that I could not just buy those same ribbons for 50 cents at a craft store (not hobby lobby but that is for a different post). There is a right way to go about buying a sport horse

How amazing is it to have an entire group or riders that actually are willing and interested in sitting down for a group discussion of all things horses??!! I was so proud of our group this morning, I can’t even tell you. Pen and paper poised, I tortured these riders with big words and a (brief) lecture on equine physiology followed by (torturing) interval work. I look forward to offering more workshops on concentrated subjects in the future. For this workshop we focused o