Missouri Fox Trotter

Keeping social distance, stay at home, quarantine and home shuttering is happening in our world. Horse show managers have hit on the idea of virtual shows. Perform the class at home and video it. Post the video. The judge will watch the class videos and determine the placings. I really like this idea. The dress is usually casual. The horse grooming is not as intense. The hours of waiting for your class to start is eliminated. There is no trailer hauling. Those things are all what I dislike about horse…

Great day Started our eating time at small town cafe where our great waitresses knows our order better than we do and coffee is non-stop.Fabulous vision exam for Terry with Dr. Harper st Vision Quest.  Dr Harper is kind, caring and technical superior diagnosis.Home to feed and water horses.  Sweetie tries to keep the stall clean by pooping in the heated water bucket.  Ugh.  The next water bucket I checked had something odd floating.  I thought, "is that another poop?" I picked it out of the water.  Nope, it was a dead mouse.  I was holding a…

Now and then in the human life, we experience a hump. A hump blocks forward progress. Fancy and I have made amazing progress. I realize she is a most amazing horse. She is smart and athletic. She can do anything if asked "right".. Just within this past thirty days, her canter has become amazing. She is balanced and in better control. I'm in shock and awe up in the saddle. We come to the time where I'm asking Fancy to do something athletically difficult. She is right there with me.…

Here was my whine yesterday on Facebook: "Today I learned it's more difficult to trot and canter over poles as it is to jump over jumps. When Fancy's front foot steps on the pole, we're headed dirt-downwards! Who knew? One glass of of wine night And turtle cheesecake!" You are not going to believe what I'm going to tell you today! I can't even believe it and I lived it. On this day, Fancy and I cantered over the poles both ways of the arena. On this day She wore…