Amberley Marsden

Someone once said to me, did you know you can only connect the dots looking back? It took me some pondering to process that idea. Turns out they were right. We don’t always see a clear path moving forward. Sometimes things happen that just don’t make sense. Or we have a fabulous plan, but it falls apart and doesn’t come to fruition. Other times we hit multiple roadblocks, or seem to go through more valleys than peaks. It feels like we take one step forward then three steps back. Horses...

Is it possible to be perfect in dressage? No one in history has scored 100% on a dressage test. It’s actually rather ironic that the discipline of dressage seems to be a magnet for perfectionists, since no one has yet perfected it. Photo Credit: Jess Mayfield Photography Isn’t that one of the coolest things about dressage, though? We are always able to learn more, improve more. Maybe that’s why it draws us perfectionists in – we love to work on getting better. Life is all about the journey....

Ever heard of women hitting manypaws? Well, it seems I’ve entered into the manyhooves phase of my life. It came on very suddenly, without warning. Or maybe there was warning…but I didn’t want to read the signs. Left to Right: Señala, Carino, Lacey Lacey’s been battling some injuries to her neck and right shoulder for a couple of years now. It started with her falling in the wash rack when her hind foot slipped during a bath. The twine on the cross ties didn’t snap, and she hyperextended her...