To blanket or not to blanket is a good question. Blanketing a horse has both positive and negative considerations. One of the positive aspects to blanketing a horse is to keep a short-haired show coat, thus decreasing your body clipping time if you...
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As soon as we turned left on Old Post Road, the horses knew. They leaned in to their bridles and begged for speed. They flipped their heads up to avoid our restraining reins and swung their hips to the side, ready to bolt forward in a second.
October 27, 2014
Sitting on my back deck this beautiful afternoon, I’m taking a look at the latest trail rides posted up on Redmond’s FaveRide.com site. We ride in some truly amazing places, and I feel a bond with the riders who took each picture.
October 20, 2014
As a trainer and an active competitor, my love for horses goes beyond words. I have always had horses in my life and cannot imagine there will ever be time when they are not. While I can attest to the bond and partnership one has with their horse,...
September 24, 2014
Horses are such amazing creatures especially when you consider their ability to recover from something as serious as colic surgery. On April 9th 2014, my horse Pro Bono “Bo” underwent colic surgery due to a 180 degree twist of his large intestine....
July 28, 2014
We have all met horses that stand out. Santos is like that. He was a Heeler and he was very good at his job. He was an alternate for the National Heeler competition and he won a lot of money on his way to the Nationals. In one moment, Santos was...
July 16, 2014
As a child I grew up in Ogden, Utah which is “the city”. Growing up there I didn’t get the opportunity to own or even be around horses. But, every summer I was shipped off to Roosevelt, Utah where my great grandparents bred Appaloosas.
July 04, 2014
Horses are bigger, faster and stronger than their human comrades. We compete with them, relax with them and work them into a sweat. They can unload us at any moment of their choosing. With that in mind, why do they so often do the great and...
June 12, 2014
This fall I found myself a little outside my comfort zone as I watched my first born 5 year old son load into the school bus for this first day of kindergarten. All kinds of fear came at me, like a tarp coming at a young colt for the first time and...
June 06, 2014
I just had to tell you the great news. I gave my neighbor Tink one of the samples of Daily Gold you sent me, and she started giving it to her Appaloosa mare, Apryl. Now, anytime she and I would go riding and this mare was left in her stall, she...
May 28, 2014
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