Country Frank’s Lucky Star

We had a five day Natural Solutions Horse Camp with Tony and Jenny Vaught on 3/26 thru 3/30.  We did groundskill tasks in the morning and in the afternoon, we were ready to ride. Gulp.  Although I wasn't nervous about riding Lucky Star for the first time, I was nervous.  There was nothing to worry about, but it was my first time to ride him.  I just wanted to get the first ride started and feel comfortable. After I get that "comfortable feeling" on a new horse, I'm ready to…

I need a warmish sunny day to take my first ride on Lucky Star. So far I've had cold and windy days with 20-40 mph days.  I just don't need that. Lucky Star is staying at the Vaughts for at least two more weeks, maybe the month of March.  We love the personality where he doesn't want to charge forward. That kind of horse is great for me and those who don't like horses that shoot out from under you. But, he does need to have a good solid work…

photo.JPG, a photo by susanfxtrt on Flickr. Lucky Star will attract a lot of attention in this outfit! I can not go to any more Horse Festivals or places where horse vendors hang out.  The owner of the booth where I got this vest clapped this hat on my head and made me look in the mirror. Then he made me buy the hat because the entire outfit is so cool that I would have died not to walk away looking like this. This is what I looked like at…

"Lucky Star might be ready for you to ride the next time you come down to the ranch" I was chatting with Jenny today on the phone. She threw that gold nugget into the conversation when I had paused to take a breath. What!  I repeated these exact words to her to make certain she had said them outloud.  "Yes," she said. "Those are the words that I said."  I repeated them again just to make certain I had all the words in order and had not left any out.…

On a visit to For the Horse Ranch, I got to see Jenny ride Lucky Star. He's an ideal horse for me. He would rather stop than go. When he does go, it's very very smooth. I got to see him spook a couple of times. Once, he just froze and looked at the scary monster. The other time, he crouched down with his hind legs and then scooted about 8 steps. There was never any suspension in the scoot. It's often suspension that gets the rider off. My horse…