After breakfast the next morning, Morgado’s Commercial Manager (and self-avowed prince!), Henrique, loaded Anne from Australia, Meg and me into his car and we headed north to Óbidos. Since I am unable to phonetically spell out how the Portuguese say the name of this enchanting little village, I looked it up. Here ya go: ˈɔβiðuʃ….
True confession. I was lazy and didn’t write down what I learned in my lessons until later in the week. My mind is more like a sieve rather than a steel trap and if I don’t write it down, it’s gone. Meg, on the other hand, is young and can remember stuff. Be glad Meg…
We were tired and jet-lagged when we landed in Lisbon (aka Lisboa) and the line for immigration was horrendous, but we finally made it to the other side. Nothing quite prepares you for the throng of humanity as you exit the luggage area sleep-deprived and dazed as a barrage of anxious people scan your face…
Meg McGuire was determined to go to Portugal and when she found an amazing price on a non-stop from New York’s JFK to Lisbon, there was no need to twist my arm and the trip was ON! We just knew we could find cheap flights to JFK from our home airports of Atlanta and Memphis….
Maybe it’s the horses. Maybe it’s the history and the diversely beautiful landscape. And maybe it’s the wine. Come to think of it, that has a lot to do with Portugal’s lure. In a week, I’ll be flying across the Atlantic with my friend and photographer extraordinaire, Meg McGuire, to head to my favorite riding…
Like many busy women, Eliane Cordia van Reesema runs on caffeine, passion, guilt and a little sleep. After all, she’s a mother of three, an entrepreneur, a wife, a business owner, and a professional dressage trainer and competitor. “I think we all understand the difficulties with being a mom and a business woman,” she said….
I figure my body is a microcosm of beneficial bacteria because of horses. At least that’s what I tell myself while I am doing the “stall shake,” a choreographed dance in which I scoop up a pile of poo with a stall fork and wiggle it to sift out shavings and leave horse apples behind….
Grand Prix international dressage rider Kim Herslow knows that correct position is one of the keys to good riding and her coach of five years, Olympic athlete Debbie McDonald, is a stickler when it comes to position, alignment and balance. “I think a lot of trainers don’t focus enough on the balance of the rider’s…
Wellington, Florida – March 26, 2018 – Kim Herslow and Jessie and Betsy Steiner are joining forces in a collaboration of like-minded horsewomen to provide a fun, inclusive, and knowledge-based environment for dressage people and their horses at Herslow’s Upper Creek Farm in Stockton, New Jersey. The Steiners were previously based near the farm six…
Diamante Farms owners Terri and Devon Kane are passionate about supporting up-and-coming dressage riders. Devon rose up through the ranks as a Young Rider and, in 2007, she was a NAJYRC Individual Gold Medalist and Team Bronze Medalist. Now, she is unstoppable in the show ring as an international Grand Prix rider and a USDF…