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Serenade, an Update

I have in the past posted about Sera, our thoroughbred mare we adopted a few months ago.  She came from Leighton Farms in Maryland, a race horse  rescue farm.  A wonderful lady had adopted her from there, then found she did not have the resources to keep her since she was moving away.  So we [...]

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Winter Riding and a Fit Horse

Let’s face it, when cold weather comes around most of us want to hibernate. It’s not much fun going out in the cold to ride, especially if it is wet out. And in Statesville, North Carolina it seems all we have is wet winters. Cold one day, warm the next, plus rain…… [...]

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Boogie came to us a couple of weeks ago because Boogie lost his beat.  Boot Scootin Boogie is a competitive trail horse that has competed in NATRC trail rides that can be grueling and very demanding.  (www.natrc.org for more information)   Boogie and his rider both came in with a score 0f 99 out of 100 [...]

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I have done a lot of searching on saddles and saddle fitting.  I have been trying to purchase the right saddle for my new horse, mainly because I decided to take up hunt seat to improve my riding abilities.   There is a lot of information to go thru and can be confusing.  But I am [...]

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Serenade: A Thoroughbred Story

Meet Serenade, our 12 year old Thoroughbred mare.  I never had much interest in Thoroughbreds before now.   I had run a boarding barn and found that the Thoroughbreds that stabled with me were ‘goofy’ and thin skinned.  It seemed that they were flighty and always running into something and getting puncture wounds.  I realize [...]

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My Extended Family

I have two extended families, but the one that lives with me are my minis.  Not to mention a few larger members of the family that I will talk about in another blog.  As my friends and family can tell by now, my passion is in my animals.  I have had many jobs and friends [...]

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Talk about beautiful.  And what a nice ride!  Jazzy, now called Jazz, (because Jazz music is relaxing to me) came to me to become a super duper trail horse and she is it, baby!  I have ridden almost every day since she came to me.  The owners have not been able to afford the time, [...]

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Your Horses Mouth

Wish I had some good pics to put here, but alas, I don’t.  However, I want to stress to you how vitally important it is to take care of your horses mouth.  Out of the several horses I have trained this summer, three have had ‘behaviour’ issues that were directly related to their mouths.
One very [...]

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Driving Woodrow

This is my second blog about Woodrow.   Woodrow has been undergoing the schooling to be a carriage horse.  He has been driven in long reins but never in harness and carriage.  Woodrow is a bit afraid of things coming up behind him suddenly or of being touched on the behind.  He jumps whenever this happens.   [...]

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All About Woodrow

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We recently purchased Woodrow, our 5 year old TWH  at an auction in Shelbyville, TN.   Love the horse, he is a wonderful ride, real sweet, loves to be petted and does anything you ask.  However, it took Woodrow a couple of weeks to
settle in at our farm and get over being afraid [...]

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