Leg Yield Fox Trot

November 17, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change, Missouri Fox Trotter
Fancy has reached Super Star status. After an amazing horsemanship and cow clinic where both Tony and Jenny rode and "developed" her, I believe she has attained the super horse status. Oh my, it was fun to watch Tony implementing impulsion training fixing her slight fixation on "no". She got to be a sweaty galloping and cantering horse of yes. I watched Erin ride her in a lesson. Erin was prepping Fancy for flying changes. She did a leg yield with Fancy in the fox trot gait. Long ago, Velvet…

Emma- the bad and now the Good

October 6, 2020Posted inEmma
Emma escaped from the yard Thursday night/Friday morning and got hit by a car. She was taken to our local vet who called me as I was searching for her. I knew she was alive but in bad shape. Emma is eight years old. When I arrived, Emma was wheeled into the exam room. The vet stated that she was very shaky on her back legs and recommended X-rays. Emma also was able to stand on all four legs which was positive. I said yes to X-rays.. Emma had raised…

Lipstick in My Underwear

September 6, 2020Posted inMiscellaneous
The Rosy Cheek Road to Ava This is the first year for the #1 World Grand Champion Boyfriend, the next essential is make-up. I haven't been anywhere dressy since "you know what" started. I grabbed the make-up essentials out of the drawer and nestled them snugly into the essential underwear, and went in search of my summer, fall, and winter clothing. I held my hands up to reach for a shirt and noticed that I was bleeding. It looked like Jack the Ripper had sawed my hands with a dull…

I’m a Trainer!

August 23, 2020Posted inFancy
I do not receive money for training thus maintaining my amateur status. Trainer Factoids: Ethical horse trainers ride their training horses an average of five days a week. Ethical trainers ride their training horses in good and bad weather.Normally, the trainer is better than the the person who hires the trainer. I'm a trainer now. It is the hottest day of the year and I rode. I rode in an indoor arena with one big fan. The horse creates a breeze for the rider when out of fan range. I…

Back on Track!

August 18, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
A month of back pain, back bones out of place is over. Fancy is "back" on track of my dream goal! Surely no one can ever forget my passion to do flying lead changes to pass the requirements of the Parelli Level 4 Tests! Fancy has given me conditions and I have failed all spring and summer to meet her requirements. She has been secretly teaching me another requirement and I recently became aware of the last condition. Fancy has been trying to do a flying change before I asked.…

Fancy Pants

August 16, 2020Posted inFancy
This afternoon, the temperature was in the 80's, but the killer humidity had gone away. I made the decision to play ground games with Fancy. It has been so hot, you just want to get the saddle on and ride. Ground games can kill a person my age in this heat and humidity. Fancy and I went to the big arena. The big arena is directly next to her own turn out arena with a gravel driveway in between. What she sees in her pasture is what she sees in…