It all started around November 2011 – I couldn’t tell you what caused it. Sometimes there is no cause – young horses are constantly going through phases, which are seldom triggered by anything at all – and this was just ...
We celebrate our love for horses in many ways. Artists have been creating images of horses before the written word was invented. And poets have been creating odes to horses. The ancient Greeks celebrated horses. And their poetry and song is interwoven with horse imagery and legen ...
Did you know that your horse may be more thirsty in winter time than in summer, and that its need for water can increase? The average riding horse weighing about 1000 lbs (450kg) needs about 10-12 gallons (37-45 L) of water per day. This is just a basic need and does not take int ...
Game of Thrones is rapidly coming to an end and I can’t say I’m disappointed. I watched the first few seasons and thought it was entertaining, but gruesome. Now, I feel like it’s just gruesome, and hoping for at least a happy ending. I haven’t read the books so I don’t know how e ...
For those of you who have never contended with snowballs, here’s what happens. Warmth from the horse’s hoof causes a thin layer of water to form as it stands in the snow. The water then freezes, and more snow sticks to the ice. Snow keeps building until there’s a big ball stuck t ...
After riding him the first time I made more time to groom him and ride him. I learned all I could about him. He was a trained barrel horse in his younger years, but was abused by his rider and refused to run. He was terrified of whips and being tied. He was kept by himself and is ...
Hello, all of you on PB 3 know me as, Happy Stables. I was one of the first to join Ponybox version 2 (PB 2) when it started in 2005. Happy Stables is also my barn on the Morgan server. This is my original barn that I started playing.
I was not very good at figuring out h ...
Hi my name is Holly - Winners Circle Farm and I’ve been playing Pony Box since May 2007 and I’ve been a mod since Dec. 2007. My husband Matt (Matts Racing) and I began playing when he was diagnosed with cancer. ...
When winter rolls around, especially in the colder climates, many people move their horses indoors. They stable them, rug them, and spend the whole winter riding in indoor arenas. But in some parts of the world, the first snowfalls signal the start of a whole new season of eque ...