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Archive for July, 2009

The simple answer to that question is yes. So I am off this afternoon to fly across the country, but that doesn’t mean my mind wont be on horses while I am away. You see, I am planing to do the fix a test type show at the local show grounds on Thursday. I have [...]

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My Horse Looks Really Good…

Look at that handsome bugger. Look at him! He looks fantastic in my book. I mean, my horse has been out of work for 2 and a half years now. He has muscles on his hind quarters and his shoulders that is visible, even while he hangs out. I mean, lets be honest, this is [...]

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Service Ponies!

This is exactly what I want to do with one of the mini horses at Ridge Farm (where the fat spotted pony lives). Watch this short video on a service pony here. For now I just need to find the time to work with him to get him to be a visitor animal at the [...]

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The Painted Horses of Saratoga

On my vacation to Saratoga my Mom and I made a game of finding all the painted horses in town. We went to the visitor’s center to find out the story behind these cute pieces of art that made the city even more charming… Apparently, back in 2002 the Saratoga Art’s Counsel created two dozen [...]

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Bad Baby Horse

So at one point yesterday Texas was sound. How do I know that? Because the Young Rider saw him…as she was chasing after him. My fat spotted pony was OVER stall rest. He was getting out for a few hours in the morning in the paddock up front while his check ligament was healing. His [...]

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Gen had a job!

I had a fantastic time at the clinic at Gennyral’s barn yesterday. It was HOT and muggy, but not terrible in the shade so it made for a great day! And guess what? Gennyral had a job yesterday!!!! He earned his keep for the month He was a demo horse. Gen’s massage therapist did a [...]

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So baby horse and I are officially a scratch for the clinic on Sunday. On Friday (I didn’t get a chance to see the fat spotted pony yesterday because the new boarder at Gennyral’s barn and I got into it. Like lots of drama. I was at the center of the drama…which is funny because [...]

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Photogchic had a post though brought me to tears. She recently had an accident that will scare the crap out of you if you have ever trailered a horse. You can read about it here. I think one of the reasons it is so scary is because this can happen to any of us at [...]

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So Texas is still lame. It is more frustrating today though because there was no more swelling behind the knee. Not that there was a lot the day before, but at least is was something to blame. Now I have no blame. I stood there beating his hoof with a hook pick ALL OVER thinking [...]

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So yesterday I put up a picture of what I saw when I was coming into the driveway to Hill Farm. Can you tell what it is now? Can you see my tree monster now? It is one of the two very cute barn cats at Gennryal’s farm! You can not even tell from the [...]

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