Fancy in Florida

December 31, 2018Posted inFancy
Al Dunning was giving a clinic and I was delighted to be an auditor.  He talked about the time it takes a trainer to get a horse ready for the show arena with enough skills to have a chance of winning.  He said, "It takes 100 hours to start a horse and ready to show."  A trainer usually rides five days a week for as long as twenty minutes to forty-five minutes with an average of thirty minutes.  Figure out how long a 100 hours takes...about a year.  Now the…

Introducing Free Style Team Fancy and Susan

December 30, 2018Posted inFancy, Missouri Fox Trotter
What a day. Fancy is a strong minded filly.  She has no hesitation at all to invading your space, stepping on you or walking away to investigate something much more interesting than me.  We  have been working on eliminating these concepts beginning the our first day together, nearly a year ago.  At this time, she is to stay with me and not move a foot unless I give it permission. We walk in unison.  We stop at the same time.  Her head does not get in front of my body.…

Cold Day with Ground Games with Fancy

December 29, 2018Posted inFancy
It was twenty six degrees again and the slight wind cut through my body like a knife.  I fed the home horses without wearing my four layer top and bottom.  The thought of riding Fancy was again, cold-painful. Heck, I'll reward her and feed her.  I drove over to Ms Fancy's stable.  I got her out of her paddock and put on her magnetic blanket.  I fed her in her stall.  I cleaned up her stall.  There were some suspicious brown piles in her stall. Oh heck, another crazy old…

Fancy Bridleless

December 28, 2018Posted inFancy, Missouri Fox Trotter
It was twenty six degrees today.  Yesterday was a sunny nearly fifty degree day.  I had four layers on top and two layers on the legs.  I had my Muckboots on to keep my toes warm.  I was very warm as first bridle less fear kept my internal heat engine fired up.  I was worried about the stopping part.  When Fancy gets going, she likes to go.  She goes and loves to speed up.  She hasn't been rode much with the neck rope, maybe less than five times.  The stick…

Best Ride Ever – Best Lesson with Fancy

December 13, 2018Posted inFancy
After the second chiropractic sessions with Dr. Randy Hunenfield, Fancy's attitude suddenly changed.  We have learned that when Fancy complains, she has a physical problem.  Fancy's right hip has been locking up and she has made her discomfort known to the humans.  The second session was to have been a refresher from her first session with Dr Randy in October.  She did improve after Dr. Randy's first adjustment, but this new improvement is like a ray of sunshine after weeks of semi cloudy days. Whenever I have rode Fancy, she…

Where Am I?

December 9, 2018Posted inMiscellaneous
You can only read this if you promise to buy a ticket and attend the Quality Hill Playhouse Christmas concert staring Superstar singer, Lauren Bradshaw. Lauren's mother, Apryl,  is my best friend.  On the day that her parents, Apryl, Mike and I were to attend the show, we decided where our evening dining place would be.  Oh my!  I recommended Costentino's Market downtown Kansas City. Reservations were not required,  comfy seating was available and we could hear each other talk.  I hate those restaurants where you can't hear your companions…