Hitting the Fine Outdoor World with Sage

September 28, 2011Posted inSage
I'm hitting on 7 out of 8 days riding Sage.  I've been riding around my neighbors turf farm.  It is beautiful.  He's not selling any turf these days, so he's not concerned at all about me making horse tracks thru the unfertilized sad bluegrass. Sage really likes it when we stop and rest when we find a patch of clover or blue grass for her to eat. On the other side of the turf farm towards town is the Skate Park.  Not skating like we used to do in the…

Sage on the Trail

September 24, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
We rode at James A Reed (JAR) today and discovered it was National Hunting and Fishing Day.  JAR was celebrating that.  They had a field set up for skeet shooting.  Coincidentially, it was right next to one of the trails that we ride.  We turned around, but a park guy was right there and told us happily that they would be shooting in the field but the trails were open. Obviously, he isn't a horse person.  But we were there early and they were just setting up for the skeet…

Times Change – Old Times become New Times Again

September 23, 2011Posted inNOVA, Sage, Velvet
Sage was the first horse.  I learned a lot from her. We came from negative 7 to passing the Parelli original level 2 test. The original level 2 task list was so difficult and complex, I had no idea what the tasks were...after I read them.  I put the test away and just continued my lessons with Jenny Vaught.  Years later, we passed all the tasks. During the long years it took to get my horses to do four consecutive flying lead changes, I switched over to doing the L2…

2011 Missouri Fox Trotter World Celebration BLOG

September 23, 2011Posted inNOVA, Velvet
These are all the stories I posted in the Missouri Fox Trotter World Celebration 2011:  They will stay on the web site until we are ready to hit the 2012 World Celebration and then I lose them.  Here they are from: http://www.mfthba.com/blog/category/susan-engle/   Reflections and Stories September 14th, 2011 | Author: Susan Nova has improved quite a bit over last year. This year I caught on to the need for slow and steady, quiet hands, the head position that has her gaiting the best and my communication between her and…

World Celebration Sept 2011!

September 2, 2011Posted inNOVA
I'm leaving Saturday morning to enter into the huge headquarters of the Missouri Fox Trotter world.  It's like a World Fair of Fox Trotters, adults, kids, teenagers, horses, golf carts, mobile shopping center, food courts, trailer shopping, and the wonderful people in the office that are the glue that binds all this stuff together. And next Friday, the Budweiser horses will be on the showgrounds! They will make their appearance in the historic arena early Friday evening.  They will come, hang out for a while, make an exciting appearance, hang…