Rolex Bound

I've been totally remiss in my duties this winter and spring. Updating the blog has been seriously neglected! Today Rolex 2014 wrapped up. William Fox-Pitt won again. Well done him, but I am still disappointed. Allison Springer was in first after the dressage and then she running a beautiful cross country course...

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'Progress'

No horse makes progress the same way. There's no magic program to follow. No 'wiki-how' step by step guide. Some pick up everything easily and take everything in stride. Others need to learn lessons more than once. Still others learn quickly but don't get confident and so they need their hands held for a long...

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Riding with Lucinda

The weekend was pretty miserable. Wet. Cold. Rainy. Not really the weather we were hoping for, but we got to ride with Lucinda Gre...

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Mississippi Mud

Mississippi winters are no fun. My northern friends will probably roll their eyes and curse me for what I'm about to say, but I'd almost rather be in New England. I know it is brutally cold and there is snow, but at least the ground freezes and most places have indoors. Down here it's just soggy so we're just...

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Stop to Smell the Flower

Elliot faired pretty well on the journey back south after the disappointment of Fair Hill. He got about a couple weeks of vacation since there was nothing else for he really needed to do this year. It seemed well deserved after all the shipping and competing and general stress of the trip and the season as a...

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Un-Fair Hill?

I was so looking forward to putting my mistake at the AECs behind me and proving to myself that we were ready for our first CCI2 at Fair Hill. I didn't get the chance. Most people know what happened to us, especially since there was an article in the Chronicle of the Horse and it appeared all over Eventing...

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Bad Call

Seems as though time has gotten away from me. Fall has flown by. I cannot believe we are already on the way to Fair Hill. I can't tell sometimes if the feeling in my stomach is excitement or terror. It's a toss up; either one seems appropriate at any certain time. A couple weeks ago weeks ago we took off to...

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what's in a name?

Many people ask me where he got the name L.E. Font. Most assume it's something fancy. Maybe it relates to the breeder like RF 'so and so' or our very own Calysta MWF? No. It's mostly meant as an inside joke and references Smellie's formative years. Elliot was not a naturally brave horse. He was skittish as...

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