what's in your grooming box?

I take a lot of pride in the way my horses look. There is nothing like seeing a beautifully turned out, good looking horse at a three day. The grooming, however, does not just take place at the event. It has to happen at home. I have a pretty strict grooming regime that I follow most days. It starts with a...

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Just Happy to be Nominated

It's always good when you show up to a three day with your horse's leg pressure wrapped above the knee. After the week leading up to the CIC2, I was just happy to be get there and pass the jog. I rode Elliot at Chatt Hills Thursday Evening and he felt much as you might expect after running through a three...

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Struggle City

Any one who knows me or Smellie probably has heard (and probably has heard ad naseum) about Elliot's tough road to the CHC International Two Star. However, in an effort to document Team Smellie's entire journey (and for those of you who missed this epsiode, I'm laying it all out here too! Our goal is to qualify...

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Legit

We ran our second Intermediate horse trials at Poplar Place last weekend. My goal was to have another solid cross country round before we head off to the CIC 2* at Chatt Hills in a couple weeks. River Glen was spectacular, but getting around one event makes you lucky; two makes you legit. Elliot was on form!...

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