JR’s Journal – Passed the Parelli Level 1!

JR has now officially passed Level 1 in the Parelli program.  The wonderful family that came up here from Florida had a great time riding Velvet and JR...we took turns.  The husband rode JR today and was formally assessed in the L1 test.  I am very proud of JR and pretty amazed that someone else could take him through the tasks and pass. Congrats to Kevin and JR-Great Stuff! NOTE: A couple years later, Kevin bought a yearling from me and is doing amazing things with him.  Here it is…

JR’s Journal – Show Horse in the Making!

Missouri Fox Trotter Starts Show Horse Career after "Kicking" the PaceA magical thing happened in March. We found the secret to life and JR started fox trotting consistently. At the time we were at the point where I could keep him in a fox trot about half way the long wall of the arena, but he would speed up to a hard trot, pace or slow down to a flat foot walk. He also started that popup gait. We would be fox trotting along with three legs and one front…