: About Me

Along with my insatiable love of horses and everything equine, I love to write. It seems that everything I see or do inspires some elaborate twisting tale, and before I know it, I'm plotting out a storyline.

But I spend as much time at the barn as I do in my "writing chair."

After earning a Diploma in Equine Studies and Agriculture along with the Equine Science Certificate with Distinction, I managed at a facility where I had the opportunity to audit and participate in several horse training seminars with Chris Irwin. I partook in a three-day Thoroughbred Re-Training seminar coached by Anne Gage, hosted by Chris Irwin, and have participated in many clinics with several other reputable trainers.

Riding is definitely my favoured hobby, training is my passion, and writing is how I share the experiences and discoveries with other horsemen.

My passion is ...

horse back riding

I know too much about ...

you can never know too much about anything

My parents always told me ...

that broccoli is good for you

My childhood ambition ...

to be a horse trainer and a novelist and an astronaut and a rockstar and a knight and a scientist and a paleontologist and an explorer, and then write about my adventures

My favorite memory ...

napping in a stall with my newly adopted mare, her head resting in my lap and my head nestled between her ears

Why I write ...

because otherwise it twirls around in my head relentlessly and perpetually until I unleash it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

lots of things. probably too many

My first job ...

stable hand & a horse's slave

My best moment ...

teaching my horse the piaffe and passage for the first time and feeling the raw, fluid power of the movement. Incredible!

My inspiration ...

animal rights

Pets & Animals > Horse Care & Health Tips for understanding your horse's mind and body

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One of the easiest ways to understand a horse is to first realize that a horse's mind and body are always reflective of each other. In other words, his body is always telling the truth about what's on his mind, just as it is telling us how his physical body is feeling. It's up to us to interpret him. We do have another feature working in our favour: horses can't and will not deceive. Any misunderstanding is generally human err. The best approach to deciphering the silent language of our horse friends is to begin by understanding what a happy, ambitious horse looks and moves like and then i...

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