Sue – How Do You Decide on Rob?

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This is what Rob Ballard said to me one evening when we were sitting around, advertising his new company, Shelter Defense:  “Horses were my baby sitter when I was growing up. My parents leased a horse for me and dropped me off at Leawood Stables every day during the summer. We would coax our horses to go far out in the pasture and gallop back to the barn. That’s all we knew what to do. I wish I could ride a horse now and get out there on the trails…

Nathan Granner, Operatic Tenor

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Nathan Granner, operatic tenor, who sang the anthem the last two weekends at Longview Horse Park. He lives in KC and hires out to sing for special events, including weddings. www.nathangranner.com Here is YouTube of Nathan singing at Longview Horse Park while Kansas City Mounted Patrol carry the flag. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0mCVQMgFhs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Rating System Reinstated

Posted inAmazon book, Country Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter, Sue - How Do You Do!, Susan FoxTrotter-book title in Amazon
When I first started with Sage, I developed a wine rating system based on adrenalin and or pain. I don't know how it happened, but as time passed, the wine rating system was dropped. I think I started counting points instead. On a certain day, Sage might have racked up 500 or 700 points to my 5 points. Gradually, my points started to increase as I started to win "the games" with Sage. I don't remember the point system with Velvet and my rating system was dropped. Besides, how exciting…

Old Parelli Level 2 Liberty and Online Test

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I remember these tasks as being hard. That was a long time ago.  I looked in the Susan FoxTrotter book to see what these tasks are.  Heck, they are simple. They might be simple, but with Lucky, they are not easy.  Let's talk about the circle game.  I'll have to look again to see how many laps on the 22' line Lucky Star has to maintain. At the moment, we are happy if he maintains one lap at a gait other than stop. He has to be on the end…

Just Right Horse New Journey

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I'm enjoying reading Apryl's journey with JR. JR is such a happy horse. He has quickly learned that Apryl is a most wonderful horsewoman. He loves being with her. Oh we are going to have teading about JR and Apryl This is a great story! http://jimslastrequest.blogspot.com/