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Tevis News

Heading up to Robie Park for the start of Tevis and getting the webcast started. I’m posting a twitter feed below, hope it works. To view the Tevis Cup 100 Mile Ride webcast click here. Photos will be added here starting tomorrow evening. If you have a Twitter account you can sign up to receive [...]

Please help nominate Dave Rabe for Hall of Fame

This is short notice, however — I thought I’d do what I could to help out. I already sent a letter to the Hall of Fame Committee in support of Dave Rabe for HOF.
If anybody would like to see what I wrote in order to help them with their letter, let me know.
Here is a [...]

If you do not enjoy the training, forget this sport. It’s not for you. But if you enjoy the preparation, you have found your niche.

Tevis is fast approaching, just a few more days!
I thought I would share some great gems of info from the Tevis website.
First of all, who do you think said the quote in the heading of this blog post?
I’m sure some of you got it right – it was none other than Julie Suhr. She wrote [...]

Battery conditioning & Guess which ride this photo is from?

First of all – can anybody guess where this picture was taken? It’s one of my favorite rides. This trail can scare some people if they are afraid of heights. It’s very scenic though, and a lot of fun.
Onto the next topic – battery conditioning, which isn’t as much fun as conditioning our horses…lol…but it’s [...]

Do they look innocent to you? Well….they’re not!

Two of these horse are guilty of breaking out of the barn early this morning and harvesting the lower half of one of my apple trees. (hint: it’s not the brown one!)
The other one is guilty of playing with his water trough. Apparently, it got less than half full yesterday which apparently made it a [...]

Only one week — till Tevis! How to follow the webcast starting July 31st, 2009

How time flies! Of course, it does seem like an eternity since the last Tevis Cup took place in 2007.
This August 1, 2009 will be the 54th annual Tevis Cup. The ride wasn’t held last year due to a fire.
Preparations have already been underway for months for this years ride. The webcast, which you can [...]

The myths and realities of barefoot hooves

Rather than writing this all out myself, I’m going to share a bit here from Kim Cassidy’s website. She wrote a piece called: Barefoot: The Myth and the Reality. There are some good bits of information in there. I think that this journey we are all taking with our horses has many routes and paths. [...]

Bare hoof photos of Granite Chief – July 2009

By the time I get back to the barn each evening after riding, it’s getting dark. So I haven’t been able to get any good shots of Chief’s hooves. I just finally got around to taking some. His feet had gotten really flat because he grew a ton of sole on the bottom. Actually, saying [...]

Coupons – Purina Feed, Farnam and Starbucks – gotta be quick tho!

This one is the most time sensitive: Free pastry at Starbucks with the purchase of a beverage on Tuesday, July 21. Click here to print your coupon.
Now onto the real important stuff — horse feed!!
Purina has introduced new or enhanced their line of horse feeds. If you’d like to participate in a trial that’ll get [...]

More Horse Trailer Organization Tips

These are photos showing the organization I have made of items that are in my first stall and in the horse compartment of my horse trailer.
My trailer is a 3 horse FourStar gooseneck with LQ. The dimensions are: 21.5″ long, 8 wide and extra tall. It’s also been raised up several inches for additional clearance [...]

Is that your horse in the mirror?

This is a photo of Chief looking at himself in the mirror at the Nugget in Reno one year while at the AERC convention. I remember the first morning that we led Chief in and he saw another horse – oh man, it looked just like him!!!! And not only that, but [...]

Barefoot Transitioning: Vaccinating Our Horses

There are so many things to cover when it comes to managing our horses hooves optimally. I have previously covered diet. Yet, there are lots of other reasons why a horse might come up footsore. It’ll take me awhile to get through the barefoot transition topic because there is so much to cover!
One such reason [...]

Bo’s hooves after several weeks of riding barefoot every day

Here are a few photos of my horse Pro Bono’s hooves. I have been riding him every single day on the trail for an hour or more barefoot. I’ve been really happy with how well his feet have toughened up. He walked across the wet lawn when we got back from our ride tonight, so [...]

Catch & Release & horse eye update

Caught this little guy (or girl) in the barn yesterday morning. Sometimes we get squirrels that are smart enough to get the bait out of the trap and not get caught. This one wasn’t that smart.
Took the squirrel down to the river and released it. Should be far enough away that it won’t come back. [...]

The Honest Scrap Award

Crysta at Go Diego Go was kind enough to bestow the “Honest Scrap” award to my blog! I’ve been reading Go Diego Go since it was started and can totally relate to what Crysta has gone through in getting a new endurance horse started. The injuries – oh my! Ouch. She recently did a great [...]

Riding a broke horse
Yesterday at my lesson I rode a broke horse for the very first time in my life. No no no - you silly non-horsey person. Not "broken", "BROKE". The kind of broke where the horse looks up at you with a kind eye and says "here, let me" and then proceeds to take you on the ride of your life. Zack is a HUGE 16.3 hand horse (br […]
Custom saddle bags
***This post will be updated with pictures at a later date....(can't post pics by e-mailing posts, which is how I'm updating my blog). In the meantime, if you want the pics that go with the post, leave your e-mail in the comments and I'll send them your way. First some updates based on comments from the previous post: The essential items of […]

Welcome to the Future
This will mark my 100th blog post. A huge THANK YOU to all of my readers...you are the reason I keep blogging! I started blogging due to the fact that I enjoy writing, and this would be a good outlet for that, as well as wanting a place to catalog my accounts of rides and pony antics. I started blogging in April of 2007, so it's taken my this long to […]
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Happy Birthday, Dad! Today is my father's XXth birthday...he can enlighten anyone who asks what numbers are supposed to fill in those x's. :))) I couldn't ask for a better riding partner to spend the hours and miles with along the trail. Thank you for following me into this crazy horse obsession, and for making me a better horseperson along […]

Officially Official
Sunday afternoon, and I am sitting in the Reno Nevada airport, watching the snow fall. Last night it started before sunset, and has kept falling. It reminds me that this happened to us just last week at home! But here, they actually have snow plows, and are prepared for such weather. Our flight is delayed so far, about an hour, but we have no place else to […]
Almost......
It is almost here. In less than 24 hours we will have our big awards banquet and we will receive the award we aimed for this past ride season. As I watch a bit of the Olympics, I look at the faces of the competitors, and know a bit about the thoughts they have as they get read to compete, or afterwards waiting for scores, or later, as those who won, stand u […]

"The Untouchables" Aired a Potent Series Episode Fifty Years Ago Today
As so aptly noted by The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: "With the chatter of machine-gun fire and the squeal of tires on Chicago streets, The Untouchables brought furious controversy— and big ratings— to ABC in the early 1960s." This was no more evident than in the March 10, 1960 episode "The White Slavers." […]
Stephen J. Cannell on "Wiseguy"
Wiseguy: The Collector's Edition gets released on DVD tomorrow. Although short-lived (it ran from 1987-90), Wiseguy garnered Emmy nominations for Best Drama series and acting nominations for star Ken Wahl and supporting player Jonathan Banks; Wahl was awarded the Golden Globe. Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows (by Harry Castleman & Walter J. […]

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