Chocolate the mare – Patrice Sarath

Gordath Wood

Riding lessons — DUMPED

Rode Chocolate the mare again, and this time we did canter and sure enough, she dumped me. We were in the small round pen, and I had her head up, and we were doing fine, and then all of a sudden her head disappeared and over I went. The instructor, Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 11 years ago

Gordath Wood

Riding lesson

Last night I rode Chocolate, a compact stocky mare who had an attitude. Per Vicky Hearn, author of Adam’s Task, Calling Animals by Name, since mares are whole animals unlike geldings, which have been castrated, they live more fully and react with more personality. Don’t get me wrong, geldings have Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 11 years11 years ago