Saddle Up for Adventure
I started the new year with a goal of participating in more ranch riding horse shows. It has been something I’ve wanted to do for a few years now; however life has gotten in the way. This year I’m determined to turn the page and get started on this goal. In January, I started taking […]
As I sat at the horse show waiting my turn to do the Ranch Riding pattern it occurred to me that it had been 20 years since I’d shown one of my horses. Through the years I’ve been trail riding, and have attended a couple trail trials, but I have not cleaned my tack, shined […]
Over the past two weeks Los Angeles County, where I live, has been faced with numerous fire disasters. Big ones like the Palisades and Eaton fires and smaller like the Lidia fire that broke out near me on the same day. The Lidia fire put my area under an evacuation warning. Shortly after the warning […]
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 […]