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Growing Old Together

October 3, 2009

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
                                                                                                      Mark Twain
At the last Region 3 Arabian Horse Show, I was glad to see that though many of us are “riding over the hill” it is not stopping us from riding and competing on our horses. The large amount [...]

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We all have our vices. Some women collect purses. Some collect shoes. I have a closet full of western show outfits in various colors. For some reason, I have a weakness for them. Maybe because of the Swarovski crystals, the multi-hued material, or because they are related to horses. Either way, I love to spend my [...]

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Do you know that saying “It is like trying to fit a square peg in to a round hole?” Well sometimes we horse owners do that to our horses. We try to force our horse to do something that it doesn’t like to do. Let me give you an example.
I have been showing Valerie for about two [...]

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Barn Wars

July 7, 2009

Most of the time horse people are friendly and easy-going. But put them together in a high pressure situation and some of that niceness goes a way. For example, when it is the rainy season and they are all forced to share the arena at the same time. Your stable then transforms into an island [...]

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