In April of 2017 I purchased a yearling Andalusian colt who I named, Tranquilo. He’s kind of my last ditch effort to have the horse of my dreams before it is too late. At this writing he’s a coming 2 year old and I could not be more proud of this young...
I bought Libby for my non-rider husband and she came to me as a 25 year old with some age-related issues: arthritis, sore hocks, and lameness in her left spavin. Yet she impressed me by making a ten hour trailer ride from northern Ohio and trusting me enough to...
I wrote this article several years ago. It had gotten lost in the shuffle of updating my website. Unfortunately the video that had gone along with it is among the missing. But, here is the article anyway. –Sharon Here in New England one of the things I...
This week I worked with Libby, a 30 year old Quarter Horse mare, for the first time. Libby and her owner, Kirsten, were referred to me by Libby’s massage therapist, Heather Davis. Libby suffers from some lameness due to injury and hard use (before Kirsten). Not...
Editor’s Note: Laurie Grann is a dear friend and a most excellent horse woman. She recently participated in a week long clinic with Mark Rashid. She wrote up her thoughts about how she is working his ideas into her every day riding. The result is what...
Much of my appreciation for classical dressage training comes from my lessons with Karl Mikolka. One of the (many) things I remember him saying (probably while my horse was having a fit) was, “the horse is allowed to say NO!” I’m not saying that fits...
