Saddle Up for Adventure
I’ve just returned from the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby! This was not my first Derby, in fact it was a reunion trip to the Derby with college Rodeo Club girlfriends. In our college days we road tripped from Michigan State University – Go Green! – to experience the race. Back then, our trip […]
It’s been a difficult Fall with the loss of my beloved horse Dollie, and with my other riding horse Derby’s lameness issues. Not many rides and no riding adventures to chronicle. Yesterday however that changed. After a fun holiday party the night before with one of my horse gal groups, and lots of conversation about […]
As a kid I used to take my trusty gelding to a pond and swim him across, then stand him on the edge and jump off his butt into the water, then swim back to him, climb up and do it again and again. Tons of fun when you are young. As I mentioned in […]
Last week our foal turned a month old! Peppy is a perfect little sorrel colt. On the morning of Sunday, March 20, I walked down to feed and saw four light colored legs behind the big black mare Lucky. He was up and nursing and was already very active. I guessed he must have been […]
It’s been a cold and windy winter here and the thought of riding in water when it’s not 80 degrees out was at first thought, not very appealing. Yet, in southern California we don’t have the opportunity to ride in water — creeks or ponds — like in other places of the country. So on […]
Not much riding has taken place lately for me and my four legged friends. The weather has been cold, windy, and rainy. I’m sure my horse friends in the Mid-west will think I’m a riding wimp now after living in California for so long. That may be true as I no longer ride when the […]
The big black mare Lucky is two months away from foaling. She received her last Pneumabort immunization over the weekend. In a month she’ll get a 4-way and West Nile Virus booster so she can pass those antibodies on to her foal. Momma, as she is affectionately called now, is looking very pregnant! Her foaling […]
A Trip Down Memory Lane In the fall I made a trip back to Michigan to see my family and friends. My visits home usually are once a year and limited to about five days, so not much time to see anyone but immediate family. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic I had not been home […]
A friend and I purchased an in-foal broodmare as partners this year and plan to sell the foal and rebreed the mare. Lucky is her name, and she is due in March. Although we don’t ride her, we try to keep her exercised regularly. A few weeks back I decided to pony Lucky, as she […]
It was a warm fall day in sunny southern California. My first ride after the long Thanksgiving weekend. The weekend in which my son turned 22. Wow! I tend not to ride on holiday weekends as the dirt roads and trails near my place are occupied with young dirt bike and ATV riders visiting family […]