Runners — as in, elite athletes who run races and keep stats and set annual goals like “age-graded national class” and “win the local gran prix and place in the top n of the regional gran prix” — face all the same challenges as horses, I’m finding. It’s all about condition, nutrition, and injury prevention. [...]
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12 January 2012 Rocky and I joined up at liberty and walked around the outside of the covered arena for several laps. He started out with a good trot and gallop around the ranch with the minidonks but after that was definitely asking for direction, so I tried this. Each lap, he was more relaxed [...]
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In which I move up a level in the Stick to Me game while helping create the universe.
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In which Rocky lets me know when my routines get boring, and engages the moment I get interesting again.
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In which I debrief about sending with draw and Salsa’s first step into Level 2 on-line patterns.
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In which I sketch out a good liberty session that resulted in good judgment on my part.
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In which I describe a walk and liberty play session with Salsa, and we share A Moment.
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In which I ponder the power of intention and the relativity of ‘pretty soon.’
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In which I try something brand new and out of my depth … and attempt to keep swimming.
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In which I share a video showing Rocky being a genius.
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I went to play with him on Sunday, intending to have a nice on-line session in the arena and see how his front feet are doing. (He’s in week 4 or 5 of transitioning to barefoot, but we don’t have boots yet.) As usual, I took the halter off, giving him some time to sniff [...]
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In which I accidentally play beyond my savvy, but learn from it anyway.
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In which I attempt the catching game, officially.
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Dick Francis Novels
I re-read the entire collection of Dick Francis novels at least once a year.
