More saddle woes
First off: I am pretty sure that all of my current saddles fit the pony reasonably well, with the possible exception of the treeless that I have not tweaked enough to figure out yet. Which, by the time of this … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Engineering our way to better saddle fit
I am not a hot-weather rider. I’m a California native with not a lot of high-heat tolerance. Weather forecast calls for 90+ in June? Abort all long-ride plans, go wash some ponies. That’s not completely fair. I started off the … Continue reading →
Onwards and upwards
We followed our “everything is terrible can’t cross the river without major drama” ride by working really hard going for a leisurely trail ride in which we mostly walked with our pony friends. I had just found out about the … Continue reading →
Bandos Trail Saddle review
I traded my full-leather endurance saddle for a Bandos treeless saddle. I’ve never tried a treeless saddle on Confetti before. We’re currently in the midst of saddle fitting woes and it seemed like a reasonable experiment. There is an appalling … Continue reading →
Ride prep aborted
The good: I have more time to work out our saddle fitting issues. My to-do list on pony-training and fitness can now span the next bunch of months, somewhat indefinitely at this point, until the next opportunity presents itself. The … Continue reading →
How NOT to ride prep: the weekend prior
.. which it turns out is irrelevant because the NATRC ride we were supposed to go to was cancelled. We’re not off to a great start this year. Ride #1: If we’re going to go with our Specialized, I should … Continue reading →
Ride Planning with Anxiety, one week out
Things accomplished (but not yet noted) last week mellow, not-even-remotely-conditioning ride in new treeless saddle. Good: knees were happy. Bad: no conditioning or energy drain accomplished. (Pony got to run in the arena afterwards instead.) sent one saddlepad off to … Continue reading →
Ride Planning with Anxiety, two weeks out
With great gratitude, have friend schedule regular trimmer to come out this week. One less phone call for me, and one less appointment I need to be at. While tacking up for conditioning ride, swing saddle up on horse per … Continue reading →
Managing the anxious rider
It can be difficult for me to find a nice zen happy place. Anxiety often gets the best of me. Lately, that has been happening a lot. The June ride is a pretty major commitment. It will be the first … Continue reading →