Following is an excerpt from my new (July 4th!) column for PhelpsSports.com:
It has been a fantastic ten days since my horse, Jaliska, has been back in Massachusetts. She has been away in intensive training in South Carolina, and then Pennsylvania, for five long months.Since her return in late June, trainer Adrienne Iorio, Apple Knoll Farm, Millis, MA, has been working with me every single day to hone my riding skills to the extent that I can ride her properly when Adrienne heads home to Pennsylvania for the month.
It has been a tough road since November 2011, and the saying, “Man(kind) plans and God laughs,” comes to mind.
Let me explain….
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