Horse show coming up! Anyone want to go?

you’ll find class lists, discriptions & rules at www.musiccityridingacademy.com

Last Dressage Show this season!

This is the last one this year and it’s not too far away from the farm. Sunday is the dressage part. sat is 3 day eventing I think (show jumping and cross country) Might be fun…check it out for next year. If you’re interested in going let me know-Val
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Journey’s first trail ride

After a few 30-minute forays down to the creek or up the hill to the dump truck, we went on our first “official” trail ride this past Saturday.  Elizabeth came with us, on Contessa.  We rode for a little over an hour (and yes, I was in a saddle). 
Journey was nearly PERFECT!  She had power-steering, [...]

Free horse

Small Mare that was here at the farm for a short time this year. She’s sweet, pretty good ground manners from what I saw. (did well with the ferrier, haltering & leading, getting a shot etc) Goes by name “Sugar Bear” I think (and I’m guessing that she has arab & some kind on pony…maybe [...]

More about bits

Copper, Rubber, snaffle, curb…what kind of bit should i use on my horse and why?
Here’s a link to what Perelli says about bits:
http://www.parelli.com/product.faces?catId=18
Here’s what Richard Shrake has to say:
http://www.richardshrake.com/index.php?p=5&sum=bit
A few tips I’ve learned along the way…
A coffee can full of oatmeal is handy to use to clean off bit after a ride. just grab a [...]

Cool Horsey Art

AN image of a horse created with more than half a million toothpicks in homage to Antoni Gaudi has earned Albanian artist Saimir Strati a second entry in the Guinness Records.
I’ve measured it; it is a new Guinness World Record,” Andrea Banfi, an adjudicator for Guinness World Records, told a cheering crowd after checking that [...]

Journey as a Renaissance Festival Horse

While at Avalon on Saturday, Terry and I made pics of ourselves on Journey, dressed in our Renaissance Festival garb.  Poor Journey was completely unimpressed, distracted and annoyed.  :)  I’ll try to attach pics.

Venomous snake bite in horses

When on excursions into areas frequented by pit vipers (also called crotalids, including rattlesnakes), it is prudent to consider some basic precepts concerning bites. Approximately 20-60% of bites are “dry” or defensive type of bites with little or no venom injected by the snake. These are bites that do not swell much within 10 to [...]

Horse’s teeth wear varies based on diet

This is from the Horse.com newsletter.  Interesting in an off-hand kind of way. 
MOTION CAPTURE CONFIRMS HORSES CHEW DIFFERENT FEEDS IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Horses eating a diet consisting mostly of pellets or grain could require more dental maintenance than horses eating predominantly hay or pasture grasses, according to researchers at Michigan State University who used [...]

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