Roper Pro! 12/23/2019

December 26, 2019Posted inEmmy Lou, Fancy
Dratted Kohout Challenge- Rope Something From Your Horse Let me start out by bragging about being a total roper pro (see Roper Santa! I have that exact same rope.)  I have roped the middle of a wild hackney pony (embarrassing story in book two).  I have been in hundreds of roping lessons and clinics, excelling in all (none) of them! In the Parelli world, the highest level of online horsemanship involves a 45' lariat.  We students start out hating the lariat.  We live with our rope 24/7.  We sleep with…

Emmy Lou – We Love You!

March 25, 2018Posted inEmmy Lou, Missouri Fox Trotter
Emmy is a Cadillac trail horse. She is rated as a beginning rider and kid horse. She dies not spook, turn and run nor bolt. She goes straight down the trail. If anything major concerns her, she will stop. She has been a saddle-up, get on and ride horse. I’m borrowing her for the spring and summer. I’m one of those crazy people that insist on forming a relationship on the ground, doing ground work always before I ride and being able to independently move the front and back parts…