Country Frank’s Lucky Star

Sunday Clinic Day with Jennifer Vaught It was a most amazing time riding Cisco. Firstly, I asked for a bit of speed and he hollowed out his back and paced. We worked on that. Then he would go nicely until the corners where he paced. The first exercise Jenny had us do in the clinic today, involved a lot of walking and leg yielding. We were walking the long way down the middle of the arena when Cisco suddenly began walking faster with a huge long stride. Then he got…

The round bale had been consumed leaving only a cushion of hay on the ground. The horses deserted the round bale to the green grass. It appears that the green grass has been eaten down to the dirt. Lucky Star has been telling me that he is starving. I retort and tell him both of us need to lose our roundness. He snorts on me and is actively looking for a smart phone that is nicker activated. Lucky Star hates Siri. She never responds to his nicker activating attempts to…

Once upon a time the favored horse became replaced by the new guy. Lucky Star, the "Horse of No" was a difficult horse for the human. He was dominate over the world, had little to no work ethic and didn't react to pain stimulus. Horses that are reluctant to move won't win many fans in the human and horse world. It takes a ton of horsemanship knowledge to work with these kind of horses. Lucky wasn't the most difficult ever horse. There exist "horses of no" that lie down when…