A blog about training trail horses.
Posted in Trail Horse Training, Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2011
This is my quarter horse, Lakota. Not much to look at, but he is a very good trail horse. Not much in the arena, but then I rarely ride him in the arena. He is just a good dependable trail buddy. Goes through anything and over anything. Although, he is always hungry and does like [...]
Posted in Riding Lessons, Trail Horses on Sep 28th, 2011
This is Alex. I adopted Alex a few years ago from Ohio. He is an ex-race harness horse. He was retired at 2 and went to a riding school after that. The school apparently stopped using standardbreds and once again Alex was put up for adoption. So, he is with me now. I love this [...]
Posted in Riding Lessons on Sep 28th, 2011
This is Our Sister Gina, we lovingly call her Sera for Seranade. I acquired Sera two years ago at a small farm in North Carolina where she had been rescued by a wonderful woman along with two other thoroughbreds. I brought her home, plumped her up, had her vetted and started riding her. We [...]
Posted in Trail Horses on Dec 18th, 2010
I personally trained this little mare spending many, many hours in the saddle riding all over North Carolina and Virginia. She has been on several day long trail rides and three competitive trail rides sponsored by ACTHA. Confetti is 14.2 hands and has excellent and tough hooves. She can go barefoot most of the time. [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Sep 8th, 2010
It is always rewarding to be able to train a horse. But the best reward is when a client takes the time to email or phone to say thank you after they have taken their horse home . This happens to me a few times and I am always appreciative. Recently, I had two very [...]
Posted in Ex-race horses on May 19th, 2010
It has been such a long time since I have posted anything. I have been super busy on the farm here working with my horses, etc. But spring has sprung, summer is just around the corner and we are getting busier than ever here. Thought I would write a few lines and let everyone know [...]
Posted in Trail Horse Training on Jan 6th, 2010
Let me introduce you to Red Confetti. She is a beautiful 12 year old Arabian mare, unregistered. Confetti came to us a year and a half ago from a man who was going to take her to the auction. We all know what happens to those horses. Not all, but most end up being abused, [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training, Trail Horses, Uncategorized on Dec 25th, 2009
I remember my first horse. I was 28 years old and purchased a mix breed that was advertised as a TWH. If there was walker in him, I didn’t know it. But I had fun and learned a lot. AND I KNEW IT ALL! Afterall, I had watched all the westerns with my Dad; John [...]
Posted in Ex-race horses on Dec 7th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Tennessee Walking Horses, Trail Horse Training on Oct 19th, 2009
Midnight has finally graduated. I am so proud of her. In my recent posts about her I was training her to drive, but she was having a difficult time because of a dental issue she had. Once that was cleared up, learning to drive was a piece of cake. I have been able to drive [...]