The Reflective Ride

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Jessie Paine

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I used to think horse sales was totally gross. I’m sure sometimes it still is. But over the last 14 months, I’ve come to learn that like all things in life, horse sales is what you make it.

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So you went to the horse show and it sucked. There are so many variations of “it sucked.” From the very often ugh of, “I didn’t ride as well as I know I could have,” to the defeating, “I thought we did ok but then I got my score,” to the terrible, “I fell off,” […]

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In 2021 when Ali Brock told me to fly to PA and interview with Kynynmont Connemaras, I expressed my concern that I would be pigeonholed as a pony rider (I LOVE my ponies and I LOVE my small horses. But in a world that loves labels, and where those labels may impact your career, you […]