2011-12-19 19:53
You're probably here because you followed a link from my comment on another Blogger blog. (I haven't had any luck with Open ID, so using my Google account is often the only way Blogger will… Read More
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2011-05-20 20:58
Just curious!The 2011 training and endurance season is ramping up over at The Barb Wire on Wordpress. Trot on over. :) Read More
2010-10-24 13:09
Hi, all. Due to continued spamming, I've just closed comments to all posts on this old site. However, all the posts (along with commenting ability) have been imported to the new The Barb W… Read More
2010-10-07 13:26
...on Wordpress. Story and slideshow.Also, click here for links to In the Night Farm on Facebook and Twitter.(I feel like a librarian sending nasty reminders to return overdue books. Don't w… Read More
2010-10-04 02:54
I've posted an Aaruba update on the new Wordpress site for The Barb Wire! Have you updated your subscription yet? ;) Read More
2010-09-26 03:33
I posted a new Acey training update today at the new TBW site. Come on over, and remember to update your subscription services, links, and feeds. :)__________________________________________… Read More
2010-09-17 14:53
The Barb Wire has moved! Trot on over to the new site (http://inthenightfarm.wordpress.com), where I've just posted an introduction to the promised series on Equine Exertional Rhabdomyolysi… Read More
2010-09-16 20:06
At this time last week, I was high on a forested mountain trail, grinning and still holding Consolation in as she sped toward the first water stop on the first loop of the 50 mile race at Ol… Read More
2010-09-13 13:24
I study a great deal on the subject of horse training, and I've a good memory for words. The result is a mental collection of phrases that guide me every time I work with a horse."Where you… Read More
2010-08-29 14:33
I haven't died. Really. I'm still alive and, I might add, quite touched by all your kind comments on my last post (The Golden Pony). You're the reason I write, my friends -- it's good to k… Read More
2010-07-29 02:19
A little girl lives a quarter mile up my road, on a three-acre plot with a battered farmhouse and rickety fence. She runs to the mailbox when I ride by, and she calls me "her Highness" when… Read More
2010-07-11 16:46
I must apologize for my long absence. The stressful situation to which I've alluded in previous posts continues, and it seems that more often than not lately, I arrive home with no energy le… Read More
2010-06-03 03:58
Among the files of my life headed "Horses," "Fitness," "Cooking," "Writing," and "Career," is another whose label reads: "Whitewater." I'm nearly as familiar with the gentle rocking of a ri… Read More
2010-05-29 12:08
After a couple days' vacation, Ironman and I are headed back to In the Night Farm this morning to load Consolation, her pre-packed tack, and our camping gear. By early afternoon, we'll be e… Read More
2010-05-27 23:53
I’m unusually conservative when it comes to introducing the canter with my horses. It always interests me to see other trainers start a green horse cantering on its tenth or eleventh r… Read More
2010-05-25 14:57
My goodness! Is it the end of May already?Between work travel and a disrupted internet connection, the weeks have slipped by since the Owyhee Spring endurance race that was Consolation's and… Read More
2010-04-30 14:32
I got some bad news this week.One of my life's greater frustrations, which I thought was finally coming to an end, has instead been extended for a significant period. The news left me tense… Read More
2010-04-18 13:57
We weren't lost.We just didn't know quite how to get home.Well, Consolation probably did. She mostly agreed with me about the appropriate direction to take -- but what she didn't know (or w… Read More
2010-04-10 13:03
Horse time is the best antidote to people time.~ Spartacus Jones_________________________________________________________Want to read more posts like this one? We deliver! Subscribe to The B… Read More
2010-04-04 14:09
Remember Inara?Born in late July, 2009, this Insider x Sandstorm filly reached a generous weaning age in mid-March. The time had come to separate her from Mama and begin the groundwork that… Read More
2010-03-04 01:53
Consolation has certainly earned her hay of late.Truth be told, all you have to do to get meals on this farm is stand around and look pretty -- if you're a horse, that is. I never could get… Read More
2010-02-28 13:31
Four days of rest and good hay. Brisk temperatures. Gusty wind. Rain.As I pulled on my insulated breeches and headed outside with my Stonewall on one hip and helmet strapped firmly to my… Read More
2010-02-03 15:02
It's official. Consolation and I are back on the conditioning trail.I confess that I was slightly nervous. As many miles as I post, as many hours as I spend safe in the saddle, I can never q… Read More
2010-01-30 13:44
This is the horse I will ride this year. You know her already. I call her Consolation.Many of you have commented on Consolation's name -- how appropriate it is to our journey, how you read i… Read More
2010-01-27 23:56
Next week.That's when Consolation's 2010 endurance conditioning program officially begins. In preparation, I'm spending this week dusting a few cobwebs off her well-rested brain...not to men… Read More
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