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So Many Firsts

We are experiencing firsts for everything lately that are piling one into another now: first time the colt’s worked out with other humans, first time he’s been pastured with other horses since arriving, first time he’s worked ‘flagged’ i

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A Tale of Two Greys

Last week I had the opportunity to do something I haven’t done in more than a decade – ride at the same time as my sister. Sure she’s with me every time I get on Luc (and has even bailed …

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Stand Up for Spring Song

Here’s Spring Song with Sue Parker and me at the three month and 9 day mark in our 2014 American Horsewoman Challenge journey. A magazine based in Western Canada asked for a progress report from the three Canadian women in …

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Of Body Language and Blankets

A young American has been staying with me these last 10 days, on an impromptu kind of intensive crash course (with no crashes, mind!) in learning horse body language, then adapting long lining for horse therapeutic purposes. She will put …<

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Hot, Hot, Hot!

This week was a scorcher. It was hot, humid and incredibly sticky. Thinking I was smart enough to beat the heat, I headed to the barn early this week, but the sun still made it there before me. Even before …

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Intro to Cowboy Dressage

Today was a lesson on Spring Song with Alex Reinfels. Ron Marino came to help set up the Cowboy Dressage Court. We used Dominique’s measuring wheel to help position the twenty poles in the correct locations.

Alex talked us through &hellip

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Three Sitting

Watch Zelador, Pax and Zeloso sit on their bean bags.