Category Archives: Willow Tree

Stamina isn’t just for horses

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Alli Farkas

Yesterday morning started out with icy roads and overturned cars. Fortunately I wasn’t among them, but I came close to it. My destination was a seminar on horse and rider biomechanics, presented by my trainer Karin Bielefeld. In spite of … Continue reading →

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First EmyLou, now just Lou

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Alli Farkas

A couple of posts back I showed you EmyLou. I can now reveal–since the gift”er” can’t seem to wait until Christmas to hand over presents to her gift”ees”–the first painting in my previous post A Pair of Puzzles.  This painting … Continue reading →

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2018 Quadrille is here

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Alli Farkas

This performance almost didn’t happen. On Saturday one of the horses slipped her stifle right before we went in the ring. Our Wonder Woman barn manager manipulated everything back in place and thankfully on Sunday the mare was ready to … Continue reading →

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Foolproof braids

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Alli Farkas

We’re in costume for our Hawaii 5-0 music themed quadrille at last weekend’s horse show. Charm has enough mane for two horses plus part of a pony, so it’s been a challenge to find a faster yet indestructible method for … Continue reading →

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From Secret Agent to Pink Panther

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Alli Farkas

A little notice: this embed from Facebook starts playing with sound muted. At this point I can’t change that, so you will have to turn on the sound by clicking on the little “speaker” icon in the lower right hand … Continue reading →

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The long-awaited…2017 Rockin’ Riders Quadrille video

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Alli Farkas

No, I wasn’t lazy. Even though this performance was in early July (after our rather dismal performance in June) and I promised video of it “soon”, I didn’t get the complete set of two video camera angles until a couple … Continue reading →

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A Saturday date with Charm

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Alli Farkas

This past Saturday I took temporary leave of my senses and rode Charm in the first of Karin Bielefeld’s two annual spring dressage clinics at Willow Tree. These events are valuable because they give you practice riding with an audience … Continue reading →

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Chardon Valley results, and then some

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Alli Farkas

  I can thank Charm for all of the above. We won in the musical freestyle quadrille class and Training Level test 3, then flamed out fifth out of five in the First Level test 2. Interesting side note–our losing … Continue reading →

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Slowly but surely

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Alli Farkas

Charm and I are the tortoise, not the hare–but we are getting there all the same. Here we are at this past weekend’s annual 2-day dressage show at Willow Tree. And here’s our collection of weekend swag. We did quadrille … Continue reading →

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A little walk (and jump) through the woods

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Alli Farkas

Breezy and I took a little trip to the woods with Wendy and Rain. This was not our usual walk through the woods… Here’s what Breezy and I usually do: Tanya, another trainer at Willow Tree, went to an enormous … Continue reading →

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