Saturday was the 8th Annual Schomberg Agricultural Society Farm Tour. The theme this year was “Home of Champions”. The three sites: Glencal Farms, home to 47 Percherons, Schonberg Farm with Thoroughbred race horses and Sunny Maple Holsteins.

Last year …

Sunday was our house concert with Marie-Lynn Hammond, accompanied by Tom Leighton on piano and accordion and David Woodhead on bass and guitar. Marie-Lynn is well known in the roots and folk world for her song writing, and because she’s …

Check out these photos Ann Clifford took of Winnie and Zelador rounding the bases.

I went shopping this morning after turning the horses out because I wanted something in my hot little hands when I worked with Zelador today. Well, wouldn’t you know…there was a foam-covered baseball bat with a badminton sized handle. I …

Here is a summary from the last couple of days…

Sunday:
Marcus was his usual interesting self.

With the gang on the hill I introduced a “noodle” for swimming and an umbrella (BIG red and white one with “Canada” printed …

I wanted to tell you how our horse version of baseball is developing.

I started with teaching  Zelador and Zeloso to follow a set path and come back. Did this once and had some success. The other day I introduced …

With “Family Day” creating a long weekend, Bill and I were able to work with both boys together at liberty for three days in a row. We placed the boys on their pedestals and worked on motions for “Knees Up …

Today after riding Zelador I took off his tack and turned him loose. He enjoyed a roll, then came to see what I was doing. I turned off the tape player. We played the piano, then I took him to …

The snow’s back on the ground…sniff. Due to some cold temperatures we were out of the saddle and back on the ground this past week. The tape playing machine in the arena does not like sub-zero temperatures. It’s quite painful …

I started teaching Zelador and Zeloso the piaffe in May 2010. We began in the stall with the horse raising one hind leg, holding it up for a short time, then putting it back down. Click/treat. Occasionally a month or …

Here’s Christi on Zelador. She doesn’t weigh very much…and I figured Zelador would appreciate my attempt to make his transition from learning the piaffe at liberty to under saddle a bit easier.

Lately Zelador has decided that when travelling along the wall to the left he should place his head to the right…bummer.

Today I used the clicker to help him flex to the left. I was in the saddle and we …

I introduced a new toy for the gang on the hill to hold. Teddy sniffed it. Duke sniffed it. Tilley didn’t faint. Georgie held it!!!! And, much to my surprise, Lulu sniffed it. I figured Lulu would hold it.

I …