Lucky the Drill Team Leader

June 1, 2013Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Three of us fox trotter people in the group lesson were assigned to ride three abreast...noses lined up.  We were instructed to go at a flat foot walk.  Well that is fine and good, but on the arena corners, some of us were walking and others were going much faster.  On the straight-away, some of us had to fox trot to keep up.  Lucky was doing a fine fox walk...a little faster than a flat foot walk and not quite a full fox trot. Finally the rules were explained to…

Tenor and the Sweat Drops

April 24, 2013Posted inMissouri Fox Trotter
I was honored to get to ride Tenor while I was in Florida.  I used to own Tenor.  I bought him from Teresa Osborn when he was one day old.  He came home to live with me at 4 months.  A new internet family came to visit me not too long after that.  Ginny had found me on the internet because of my stories involving natural horsemanship and Missouri Fox Trotters. Kevin and Ginny met me for the first time at my home.  I had let Tenor come out into…

The Concrete Journey

April 23, 2013Posted inMiscellaneous
Concrete and horses have been long in our human journey. Both the Parthenon and Hoover dam are made of concrete.  Humans have been using both horses and concrete to advance civilization.  The Parthenon had those Roman chariot races for the movie Ben Hur.  Hoover dam has no connection to horses, but it probably has more concrete than any structure on earth. The Romans knew that adding horse hair made concrete less liable to crack while it hardened. In Florida, I learned a new appreciation for the inanimate talent of concrete.  In…

Lucky Star – Spring 2013

April 14, 2013Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Miracle of Miracles!  Lucky Star has been impulsive the last three rides we've had.  He's been impulsive up to the canter.  I can get Lucky to trail walk, flat foot walk and fox trot without too much arguing.  We have come a long way.  However, the canter was not in Lucky Star's play book. On this day, Lucky Star wanted to goooooooo!  I'm not quite used to this version of Lucky Star yet.  These past three rides, Lucky seems to always want to go fast the first time we ride…

Sue-How Do You Love KIDS!

March 15, 2013Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
Today was another miracle day in the life of Sue.  She has her own little kids now.  It's very evident that Sue loves little kids.  Little Kole was petting Sue and there was not even a muscle twitch on Sue's body. She made certain her body was rock solid still so little Kole could do anything he wanted. Kole learned natural horsemanship today with his Dad and Sue That's the biggest smile I've seen in a long time!  Riding a horse is FUN!! Sue talks to Rob, "How am I…

Dr. Paul and Austin Smith

March 13, 2013Posted inMiscellaneous, Susan FoxTrotter-book title in Amazon
These are the two men of the three men who greatly influenced my young life with horses in Osceola, Iowa.  I just found this treasure of information of Osceola, Iowa residents!  I've been searching for information about Austin Smith for years and years.  This fell into my vision today!  Enjoy... Recipies for Living by Fern Underwood Osceola was known in the mid-century just past for at least two breeders and trainers of Palomino horses. One was dentist, Dr. E. W. Paul, whom Mickey referred to as one of Osceola's most…