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So awesome that he'll most likely be OK! He's gorgeous!

Some experienced lesson horses are better teachers than even the human trainers. They totally know what you want them to do, and are perfectly capable of doing it, but they wait for you to be balanced and give a completely correct aid before they will do it. Experienced lesson horses are...

LOL, when I graduated college I would have had better career opportunities if I'd decided to continue and get a Master's, but I was so utterly sick of school, there was no way! Your trainer's career trajectory sounds similar to mine, working student and barn manager positions in my early 20's...

Same here! I'm glad we usually don't get too hot until July/August here, though if it would please stop raining it would be nice.

Just my opinion, but it seems like our world changes so fast that being too specific in a narrow education for some current demand only leads for a short time to a well-paid career. Then things like AI chatbots, like you say, can totally twist up what is in demand and what is not. Just like...

Ten points for landing on your feet! When I was a kid, I fell off bareback many times while just fooling around with other kids, daring each other to do stupid things. Back in the 70's when parents used to let you do stuff. But my most stupid "falling off bareback" incident, was as an adult...

Congratulations! He's a beauty, and looks so kind.

@HollowOfWisps Holy Toledo, how gorgeous! How old and how tall was he when you bought him, compared to today? What breed?

Good for you, you obviously have a talent in the horse industry, so you should continue to pursue what you love and find the right trainers to help you develop your horse talents into a life's work. I'm sure you often hear things from different people like, "OMG, majoring in Humanities...

Porkchop is beautiful! And your picture shows such a lovely bond between you and him. I really hope you find a nice horse to lease or buy nearby, for you and your youngster. When I used to teach and be a judge for Pony Club, my favorites were the kids who were around 11! They were ideal...

Uggh! I so feel you, with her feet! TBs have notoriously complicated feet, and t's so hard to find good farriers, you try not to make judgements about what they do, because it's a challenge to even get them to show up. Especially harder for you, since you don't officially own Ginger, so you...

TBs only have to be tattooed if they're entered in a race or train at an actual official racetrack. Lots of breeding and training facilities have training tracks, it's likely Ginger trained on one of those in her youth. I'm so jealous you moved to such a nice facility to ride in, with such...

Oh, I'm so sorry. Sometimes there's no obvious illness, the oldsters just know when they're ready to go. I'm sure she was grateful you were with her when it was her time.

So true! Laminitis, if it's caught early before the coffin bone has rotated, can be corrected with the right hoof care, and the rest of their life on a low-sugar diet, and limited grass-pasture.

Why did he move so you couldn't lease him any more? Was your lease temporary until someone bought him? That happened to me a couple times various many years ago, so heartbreaking. At least your cutie looks happy in his new home. I hope you can still ride.

Maybe Ginger recognizes it as a racehorse training facility and she's harking back to her youth as a racehorse? Thinking she might get to race and hoping she's still fast, or more likely, just enjoying the more open landscape at her new place. LOL, honestly every picture you post of Ginger she...

Lots of ground work! With praise and the occasional treat when they pay attention to you and make a good try to do what you ask. Start by leading through easy obstacles like pole mazes on the ground, progress to walking over poles, a tarp on the ground, more advanced trail obstacles if you...

Aw, your cutie couldn't look any less like a monster!

I don't really have mobility issues, except for the typical ones due to advanced age! Still, I can understand - I don't enjoy riding anyone over 16.2 any more - well, I totally enjoy the riding, but I'm worried about getting off. Even dismounting my 15.2 OTTB, I can't really spring down any...

That's a relief to hear your experience! Since I was kind of putting aside my fear of how scary it looked, because I have a lot of trust in my farrier, who's taken care of my horses hooves of various breeds, for close to 20 years. So far, her crack has not persisted above the weird horizontal...