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…

Nathan and the National Anthem-HORSE SHOW!

August 22, 2011Posted inNathan Granner, Velvet
A mother's dream come true.  Nathan, my wondrous son, sang at the Kansas City Regional Fox Trotter Horse Association Annual Horse show.  (I  knew you would want to know what KCRFTHA stood for!) Nathan Granner has been all over the world singing.  He's one of The American Tenors.  He is famous and loved by everyone who knows him and has heard him give a concert.  He's been featured on PBS. The American Tenor Concert filmed at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood was shown all over the USA and Nathan was…

Pre Show Day Ride – Not

August 19, 2011Posted inNOVA
Came home from work early today, of course I got to work a little late, so it all balances out.  I was determined to ride tonight and get a little practice in before the horse show tomorrow. Since it's pre-show time, my saddles and bridles have to be shined up. Can't have dust and dirt showing in the show ring ya know.  So last night, after I rode, I drug two saddles into the house.  I got one and a half saddles cleaned up and one bridle.  Yee Haw When…

OLS

August 13, 2011Posted inMiscellaneous
After the 5 hour clinic today, I came home and died in the recliner. All my muscles died, my eyes died,my smile died, my bright red hair died. After a couple hours of dead, the coroner decided I was still alive and made me move out of the recliner. Five hours of riding after taking the long heat wave off.... Lordy I had my condition diagnosed after this happened.  It a disease and it's called OLD LADY SYNDROME OLS can be semi-cured with naps.

Gaited Horse and Versatility Clinic

August 13, 2011Posted inNOVA, Velvet
Missouri Fox Trotters came out in droves today to help people learn the smooth signature gaits of the breed.  We had two beginners ride two World Grand Champion horses to really find out how to get the horses to do the flat foot walk and fox trot.  Nichole Copple has taken Velvet and Dusty through the World Celebration Fox Trotter Horse show and won the two youth World Grand Championships in Versatility and Ranch Horse. So Dusty and Velvet got to help people new to the breed learn to see…

The Magic Button

July 31, 2011Posted inNOVA
I found "the magic button" this past Saturday during a group lesson with Jenny Vaught.  It's just not every day that you find a magic button on a horse that you've been riding for four years! Nova is a gaited horse.  She's a Missouri Fox Trotter. Finding the right speed in the right gear is like owning a corvette with 6 forward gear-shifting speeds. There is one place for the flat foot walk and one place for the fox trot where everything is perfect. It's one of those 6 forward…