The past three days there’s been a breakthrough with Zelador and his canter. He is now seven years old. Since he was three his answer to the canter aid has been to charge ahead like a raging bull, zooming unbalanced. …

Winsong Farm is hosting a clinic July 28-31 with Nicole Weinauge who is a certified instructor in Philippe Karl’s “School of Lightness”. My email friend in Australia has attended sessions with Philippe and with Nicole and says Nicole is excellent …

I received some additional photos of the May first fundraiser from Ellen Cameron. Pierre and Allen were our “two-man-band”. We’re so fortunate to have wonderful musicians because they can “roll with the punches” when the horses get “creative”.

Brenda was …

Our session at Windreach Farms with Arthur Kottas was informative, educational and delightful. Kottas is charming. He has a sense of humour and a passion for helping horses.

We hadn’t taken the boys on a trailer ride for eighteen months. …

An adventure is in the making. Thursday we ship the boys to the Arthur Kottas Clinic for a lesson on working in-hand and long reining. The clinic coordinator, Barbara, assures me that Kottas does what the horse needs. In one …

Here you see Zelador and Zeloso at liberty. Just recently they decided to politely travel nose to tail. Things go really well when Zelador is leading!

Zelador is very good at landing one ribbon on his face as he goes …

Here’s a review of our fundraiser for Ann and Pete’s Foster Home and Rescue Dogs in Pottageville, Ontario. The reviewer is Alex who gave a presentation to his elementary school class during ‘show and tell’. His mother, Mari, emailed it …

Over 90 people attended the fundraiser May first for Ann and Pete’s Foster Home and Rescue Dogs. We raised over $1000 (the final count could be over $1100).

We started these events when Zelador and Zeloso were three years old. …

Christi McQuaker came to ride with me this afternoon and the boys were very good. We popped balloons from their backs, practiced the umbrella routine and did parts of the hula-hoop tossing. Christi and I practiced with the hoops last …

It’s amazing what a week of non-stop rain can do to your schedule. There are so many outdoor jobs that are on hold, giving me time to run around and get things organized for the fundraiser.

Yesterday I tracked down …

Bill and I put the long weekend to good use, practicing for the fundraiser May first. We’re doing three things unde rsaddle with Zelador and Zeloso: popping a balloon, an umbrella routine and throwing hula-hoops.

Saturday we were discussing the …

I added two more colours to the curtain, put the balloon popper in the metal stand with the “curtain/alias garrocha” pole, blew up a pink and a yellow balloon, put the mailbox on the tall pedestal (with support for the …

After a week of preparation, today I’ll ride each boy and pop a balloon with the lovely balloon popper Ron Marino created. The balloons will be attached to the kickboards, about four feet off the ground. I’ll pop a balloon …