Merry Christmas!  I can't believe that Christmas is already here.  My how time flies.   Cristino, our little cowboy is six months old already. This is our Christmas card for the Riding Academy this year.  He is wearing his "trophy buckle" fringed...

This post today will be the last post here on this site, the site is moving to deannacastro.com please update your bookmarks! It will be the same information, just with a new location.  I hope you all enjoy the new look and site :) Deanna

I thought I was the only one who did this kind of stuff...

Congratulations to blog readers Zahi and Kenley the winners of the October Blog Contest!   They will each receive a copy  the book Wild Horses by million selling author - Jenny Oldfield. I am currently working on my next book review to be followed...

For me as a riding instructor, one of the most difficult things to teach a rider is to feel the horse.  The reason it is so difficult is because as you are learning to ride, your legs are not where they should be, softly on the side of the horse....