Chloe forgot her course at a local show last year. She had never done that before, and she came out of the ring crushed. She pulled herself together, went back in for her next round, and fell off. In the show ring. She got up, grabbed Phoebe, and walked straight to...
Grace Speckman tracked every dollar of a four-month horse lease and still landed at $14,000. She's a certified financial planner. That number should scare you a little because it scared her too. In this episode, Grace and I get into the costs that sneak up on you...
I think most horse moms would agree that watching our kids ride is sometimes harder than actually being the one on the horse. The jumps get bigger, the shows get more competitive, and meanwhile we’re standing at the rail trying not to visibly panic while our kid seems...
Pony Finals is nothing like a typical rated show, and I learned that the hard way. I thought we knew horse shows going in. We'd qualified for a national championship, traveled across the state, even made an episode about what first-timers need to know. Then we got to...
We arrived at this season expecting the usual horse mom juggle - shows, lessons, driving, snacks, water bottles. I had no idea that when Chloe got her driver's license, my horse show mom role would change. She drives herself and a friend to the barn most days now. She...
Why do we need an entire episode focused on Pony Finals tips for first-timers, when many of us will never aspire to go to Pony Finals? Because I consider myself a pretty prepared mom, and still, even after reading over the USEF Pony Finals page, I STILL had mom...
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