We’ve just returned from a wonderful trip to Oregon. Jeff and I were so grateful to be invited to stay with Candy Kahn of Athletic Equine and her husband Larry. They have a beautiful home with an extraordinary view of the surrounding mountains. She gracefully took time to work with me on saddle fitting and […]
Boy, the summer has flown by. I haven’t had much time for riding. Our daughter and her family moved to a lovely farm 2 miles from us. My Mom was in the hospital, and then I brought her home with us. Treating three horses for EPM. Saddle shipment in Italy got stolen. Life is truly […]
What a wonderful Sunday morning to take Gabriel out on his first ride after his month of EPM treatment. He is showing great signs of improvement. As we were riding past my Great Grandmother’s farm and I was remembering my childhood in the field making hay, I felt the breeze blowing through my hair and […]
5am and I’m enjoying dawn in our field sitting with my sleepy horses. I love the feeling of being able to sit with my horses while they are laying down resting with the young deer grazing and the reflection of the sun rising over the mountains. What a wonderful start to the day. Twelve days […]
This is a subject that I’ve wrestled with for many years now. I have 5 five-gallon buckets of broken boots in my barn. It has been a very wet spring here, and the boots I use now, Renegades, have Velcro straps that don’t like getting wet. Yet I do love the Renegade boots! Don’t get […]
Enjoying a rainy day, dreaming of all the wonderful spring riding ahead. I’ve been trying out a Freeform Freewest this spring and really liking it. Same seat as my older Freeform Classic (that I dearly love), very different in all other ways like closer contact with my legs to my horse’s body. Really can feel […]
I had a close call Sunday when out riding with my friend. Oh my: we thought we were heading up the mountain on a little snow, but the snow turned out to have a thick layer of ice under it. All of a sudden my wonderful horse Gabriel slipped and fell down on his right […]
Welcome to Saddle Up! Finally after months of hard work on our site, we are ready to launch. Please take a leisurely ride through the wealth of information that we have gathered about the benefits of treeless saddles, including detailed technical specifications for Freeform saddles and everything you need to know about using and caring […]
