As humans we love to look on the bright side, we love our silver linings and positive spins. We love to feel moved and inspired. Sorry, but I don’t have anything like that for you today. What I’m here to share with you i ...
For almost three years I leased a mare named Queenie. Recently, Queenie and I competed at the Illinois State Junior Horse Show in a few different classes. Our first class was Hunter Horse Over Fences and it was not very pretty at all. The course consisted of 2'9 to 3' jumps, but ...
Zen began his career on the racetrack as a two-year old. He had his first race on March 28th, 1997. Zen did great on his first race, but charged too late and ended up with a 4th place finish. It wasn't until five races later that he managed to win a race. He started in gate posit ...
The show day started at 5AM when I got up and started getting ready for the show. At about 6AM I went out to the barn and packed up all my tack. My horse, Queenie, Had been braided the night before and I left a neck cover and a blanket on that night.
Once the trucks arrived, w ...
In September I took her to the local show. I made a terrible mistake by using my saddle that did not fit her fat body, and she told me that, and fast. When I entered the ring for an easy walk-trot class, she started to buck like crazy and at first I had no clue what it was, then ...
The Grundy County 4-H Fair started with a bad start. On Saturday July 24th I arrived at the fair ground to be greeted with a down pour. I quickly started to unflood my tack stall and my horse's stall. My horses arrived around 7:30. We unloaded my tack before I helped him settle t ...
Most girls dream of that perfect pony, I used to be one of them. Every Saturday I would wake up and get on the computer only to disappoint myself even greater. I wanted a horse since I was little. To me, being up close and touching them was nice and they were beautiful, but it wa ...