Category Archives: General

Not So Impressive

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Mikki

A very handsome horse caught our eye the other day (no, not as a prospective addition to our herd – we’ve reached our limit) – a big, muscled, Quarter Horse stallion. He was something else. Bill wondered why he wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Horses and Night Vision

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Bill

Fresh off of Mikki’s post yesterday about riding with fireflies, the August 2008 issue of Equus magazine arrived in the mail yesterday with an interesting article about horse night vision. In “When night falls” on page 17, Christine Barakat explains … Continue reading →

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Four hooves in the air

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Bill

We’ve been very horse-busy these past few weeks. I don’t know if a day went by without us spending time with our horses or going somewhere “horsey”. This weekend we went to a local horse show and watched our new … Continue reading →

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Let’s Not Forget: Horseback Riding is Dangerous

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Mikki

We’ll get to the title in a minute, but we have so much to tell you, I don’t even know where to start! We had a GREAT day of trail riding on Saturday. Our horse friend Shari, who was not … Continue reading →

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The hunt is on – candidate 4

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Bill

We’ve had a busy horse-related weekend. We’ve been to two horse shows and checked out a fourth horse. Meet “Cash”, a 5 year old spotted registered Tennessee Walking Horse. He’s about 15 HH, has a calm temperament, is trained and … Continue reading →

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The hunt is on – candidate 3

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Bill

Romeo is officially candidate number three. He’s owned by a neighbor who really doesn’t want to sell him but has moved on to a more powerful horse. Romeo is an 8 year old appaloosa gelding, about 14 HH and is … Continue reading →

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