29th August 2020

Team Half-Ass: Interviews

This horse interview has taken off recently in the Non Ridden Equine Facebook group, and I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon and share my boys’ details here. We were...

3rd January 2020

Team Half-Ass and the 2019 Review

  I had originally planned to write an end of year post a couple of weeks ago, but it turned out to be quite a difficult task. I didn’t feel...

7th December 2019

Team Half-Ass and the Massage

A few weeks ago we were working both mules in the arena. There was nothing amiss, and at the end of the session Ben dismounted and stood next to Xato...

22nd November 2019

Marty and Why There’s No Shame In Going Slow

A few years ago, when we lived in Surrey, I was leading Marty out on a walk through the village. A lady stopped to talk to us about what we...

10th November 2019

Team Half-Ass and A Cob Named Joey

After Iris died, Ben decided he would get another horse but he would take his time about it. He wanted a youngster, something unbacked or recently backed – a clean...

14th September 2019

Ten Photos That Had An Impact On Me

A while ago I was tagged in a photo game that was going round Facebook – it’s been so long since I was tagged that I can’t remember the exact...

6th September 2019

Blog Hop: 12 Tough Questions

I stumbled across this blog hop by Alberta Equest earlier in the week, and due to an astonishing lack of originality decided it would be fun to answer and post...

23rd August 2019

Xato and the Liberty Session

A guest post this week from Ben, about a ‘liberty’ session he did with Xato recently (I put liberty in quotes because it’s not the polished display you might associate...

3rd August 2019

Team Half-Ass and a Farewell to Iris

We said goodbye to Iris on Tuesday. The story has played out over Facebook but I haven’t written about it here, so this will be a very long one. If...

6th July 2019

Marty and the Standing Stone

When Ben and I got married two years ago, we had leather bracelets made instead of rings. I have Reynaud’s and can’t wear anything constricting on my fingers as they...