Just over a week ago, we spent a Sunday afternoon at Merryland Farm in Hydes, Maryland. It’s a training facility and is the sister farm to Country Life, which is a Thoroughbred nursery. Both farms are owned by the Pons family. I...
I hope you all enjoyed your weekends and got to do something you love! James and I spent Saturday in Middleburg, VA – it was my first visit to this equestrian corner of the world. Of course, I loved it and will go...
Like most people, I adore literature that takes place in areas I’m familiar with – it’s always fun to read about places I know and love. The characters and descriptions become so much more real, (and if reading a memoir, they are real). ...
This post is a little overdue, but I wanted to write it nonetheless. The legendary Cigar passed away on October 7, 2014 after complications with a surgical procedure. Cigar was the first racehorse since Citation to win 16 races in a row, and, until...
A few weeks ago I posted a book review on Josh Pons’ “A Country Life Diary.” What drew me to the book was the fact that Country Life Farm is located less than 10 minutes from my home, and I have a history of...
Just a few miles to the northeast of my little farmette lies Country Life Farm, a Thoroughbred breeding farm and nursery. As a little girl, I used to beg my parents to drive by the farm during the spring just so I could get...
Let’s continue our Lexington, Kentucky journey, shall we? I believe I left off on Tuesday morning. This was Kentucky Horse Park day! We arrived around 9:00 a.m. and purchased our tickets. If we rushed, we could catch the Hall of Champions presentation in...
The Retired Racehorse Training Project is back with another OTTB challenge. Last year we saw the Trainer Challenge, (I wrote about it here), in which three professionals worked with recently retired racehorses for approximately two months. Fans were able to vote for their...
I came across Julia Wendell’s memoir, Finding My Distance – a Year in the Life of a Three-Day Event Rider, about a year ago. As soon as I picked it up, I became so engrossed with Julia’s life that I could not put this...