Best Fox Trot Ever

April 19, 2012Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Wed night lesson night is always wild. Lucky Star is learning how to slow down his fox trot. He's learning how to rate the gait. The game at the end was trying to have a team of riders take turns pushing a big ball thru a two barrel goal. The gaited team lost one and tied one. I even tried to block the other team's ball and they still tied us!  If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying is the motto I live by!

Deer Hop

April 17, 2012Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
When you ride out in a huge park full of deer food late in the afternoon, you might expect to see a deer. Deer stand on the side of the horse trail. They wait until the horse appears. We have a state contest. Then the deer explodes and hops away Lucky Star and I were engaged in the stare down. We won. When the deer exploded into the run away mode, Lucky Star did too. Both my shoulders and that is the left shoulder and the right shoulder ended up…

He’s So Fun!

April 14, 2012Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
You build a relationship with your horse and it's just fun to watch the two of you forging ahead. Lucky and I have lots of little arguments. We argue about staying next to the wall, going too fast or slow, backing and sidepassing. When Lucky does something that I want, I have to immediately praise him, give him release, rub him, get off...whatever fits. I've noticed that the better I get at this, the less Lucky argues with me. Lucky Star is a lot of fun to bring along. I…

Lucky Star in the Wind

April 11, 2012Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Who is that little horse galloping at liberty with his tail in the wind? The galloping horse looked exactly like Lucky Star, the horse of no impulsion. Teresa played with Belle tonight. I thought I had Lucky Star. Teresa wanted Belle to be free to run at liberty. Belle had been in a stall all day. Belle was running around letting all that stored energy out. I took off Lucky Star's bridle and told him to run off. By golly, Lucky Star took off! His tail tight, streaming in the…

S&S Stables at Hillsdale

April 10, 2012Posted inMiscellaneous
http://www.ssstables.com/ S&S Stables is a wondrous place to go trail riding. You can park there for daily rides or camp overnight. They even have Missouri Fox Trotters for you to ride on guided trail rides. It doesn't get much better than this. When Sue or Steve takes you out for a ride, you get a multiple entertainment experience. Sue and Steve are fun and sparkling entertainers. They make the ride so much more than nature at it's most awesome in the beautiful forests, babbling brooks and hills to climb in…