February 2010

A Time To Train, A Time To Show

The off season is best for serious work.

By Margaret Freeman

Although it’s still dark out when I get up in the morning, and there’s ice everywhere, and the wind-chill factor is low enough that even my Corgi won’t stick her nose outside, I’m feeling the pull of the show season dragging us out of winter hibernation.

Seed catalogs and show catalogs are arriving at the same time. My horse is starting to shed out. The phone message light is blinking when I get home with requests to teach lessons and clinics as show preps. I’m getting more e-mails about horses for sale. …