Nova’s Notebook – Lead Changes-Rollbacks-Slide Stops

May 24, 2009Posted inNOVA
Nova and I rode in a Fox Trotter Reining and Western Horsemanship Clinic with Tony and Jenny Vaught this afternoon in Stockton.  Four hours of lead changes, flying change attempts, roll backs, stops, backs and leg yielding is enough she sez This is Nova hanging up her hat for the day!  Enough!

Nova’s Notebook – Nameless Rider Mount/Dismount

March 16, 2009Posted inNOVA
Ahh, thank goodness for warm weather and daylight savings. My after work trail riding has started. The person I ride with, forever to be nameless, was quite entertaining on our first after work ride. Her horse got a big branch caught in his tail. When that happened last year, he panicked. I was riding clean up tonight and spotted the instant he got the branch in his tail. She slid off and removed the offending thing. Getting back on for us without a mounting block is quite a chore. Luckily,…

Sue How Do You Do at Being Dominate?

November 23, 2008Posted inSue - How Do You Do!
I disaprove of this time of the year.  Daylight savings has been ripped away.  I come home in the dark.  I come home in the cold.  It's just not fun to think about taking one of my sweet darlings over to Pine Dell to ride just yet. So, I'm just feeding the herd.  Sue is getting more comfortable in her skin. She's getting more dominant. For the first time ever, she laid her ears back at me and stuck out her head.  I was walking in the pasture with my…

Velvet and Susan – Free Style Competition

October 20, 2008Posted inVelvet
See our bridless: Having a Ball, Reining (raining) Horse and dressage demonstration This is Women and Horses Expo - three days of versatility competition.  The third day is free style.  I got 298 points out of 300 for this. Dratted photographer couldn't get the entire show and the sound was bad! oh well

Velvet & Susan – Reserve Women and Horses Expo Versatility Winner

October 15, 2008Posted inVelvet
Velvet and Susan - Versatility Challenge! View us on youtube! “Women and Horses Expo” in Sedalia is what I heard from another horse person. I found the web side and Whoa…a three day Versatility Challenge event! Versatility is my middle name, so I clicked on the link. and it seemed to have Susan and Velvet written all over it. The third day event was particularly interesting…free style! We each had 4 minutes to do our own thing on Sunday. Entertainment, costumes, and your own music was highly encouraged. That is…