Last week, just under 4 months after she stepped off the trailer and walked into my life and less than 5 months since her last race, I rode the baby deer for the first time. After months of groundwork, relaxation, and reprogramming, Mia suddenly seemed like she was ready to take the first big steps toward her second career. I texted with some of my friends + my fantastic trainer, Julia, to let them know that I was ready to hop on if any of them could come make sure she didn't

Wow. There’s a lot to unpack in this post! We’ve had a lot of learnings in the last few weeks so I’ll just run down the list! Now that Mia is filling out and becoming more balanced (thank you JULIA WOLFFE for all of the amazing baby horse knowledge and thank you TRT Method for helping me make training less stressful for everyone), she’s decided that airs above ground, rearing, and general athletic shenanigans should be included in almost every session. It’s made for some thri

I'm not going to lie, I wasn't expecting to find a horse so fast. I quickly gave up hope on finding one at one of the Pacific Northwest tracks after realizing that the likelihood of getting the info I *needed* prior to scheduling a PPE was incredibly slim (please, please, please can someone send me a canter video!) so I expanded my search to the non-profits on the East Coast and in SoCal since those tracks seem to be rich with babies needing second careers. With COVID prevent