Standout Saturday
When I started this blog I had the idea that on Saturdays, at least for a while, I would do a feature post for horses that I have ridden/worked with that have been particularly special. They aren't going to be in any particular order. This week's standout, because before Leo happened she was my main squeeze, is Izzy. Izzy (JC name Nistelrooy Image; Show name Royal Image) is a 2006 OTTB. She was the third or fourth horse that I rode when I started lessons at CEC (my current barn), and it was a complete disaster. For better or for worse, I grew up riding horses at a lesson barn where they may have done multiple lessons a day. Hot was not a part of the vocabulary used to describe them. And while I have ridden somewhat more 'alive' horses since my early days, I had never attempted to ride a horse like Izzy. She was coming off an injury and although she's been off track for 4 or so years, she acted like she'd come off the track the day before my l...