2013 Celebration High Point and World Grand Champion Winners

September 7, 2013Posted inCaitlyn Vaught, Jennifer Vaught, Missouri Fox Trotter, Nichole Copple, NOVA, Powder, Tony Vaught, Velvet
VERSATILITY OVERALL PLACINGS Youth Versatility: Pleasure & Speed High Point: Toddy's Velvet Perfection; Nichole Copple for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill Mo Working Horse High Point: Co-High points Toddy's Velvet Perfection, Nichole Copple for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill MO Nathan's Ovation, Caitlyn Vaught for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill MO Youth Versatility World Grand Champion Toddy's Velvet Perfection, Nichole Copple, Fair Play Mo for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill Mo Youth Versatility Reserve Wold Grand Champion Playboy's Lookie Here Now, McKenna Flory, Wallsburg UT for…

Ava-Day One a Huge Success

June 5, 2013Posted inJennifer Vaught, Missouri Fox Trotter, NOVA, Powder, Susan FoxTrotter-book title in Amazon, Velvet
Day one, Showmanship started the day off right!  Jenny and Nichole won the open and youth showmanship classes!  Nova and Velvet were in show horse success mode. Tony and Powder joined in the next events and the ribbon sunumi started.  The Vaught family flooded me with ribbons.  Blue was the main color.  In the youth events, Nichole and Velvet mostly won the blue ribbon followed by  sister Caitlyn riding Attu.  In the open events Jenny got most of the blue ribbons with Powder and Tony getting many second place ribbons…

Ava Pre-Day

June 4, 2013Posted inJennifer Vaught, Missouri Fox Trotter, NOVA, Powder, Susan FoxTrotter-book title in Amazon, Velvet
Two hundred miles flew by and I entered the time zone known as Ava!  The golf cart guy met me at the entrance.  I found Nova, Powder and Velvet and the Vaught family.  Life is good.  I beat a lot of people here.  There are still parking spaces available if you want to run on down to Ava! We had fun times at the office getting everyone signed up and ready to go tomorrow.  Everything went smooth as silk.  Everyone has numbers and even better, safety pins to attach the…

Powder’s Progress

April 24, 2011Posted inPowder
 Powder is with Tony and Jenny Vaught for her start. (Both Tony and Jenny took two Young Horse Development clinics with Pat Parelli and Ronnie Willis before they had to drop out of the program.) And you know that my horses are gaited. Gait is forever on a gaited horse owner’s mind. Tony said he had been riding Powder about a week or so.  I gulped and thought, here’s the moment to ask…. "How’s her gait?" I said. Tony didn’t answer for a few seconds. I thought he might say…

Friday thru Monday Happiness

November 15, 2010Posted inNOVA, Powder, Velvet
Just singing my happiness living my life with horses. Friday was wonderful.  Powder came home from her 30 days of training with Tony and Jennifer Vaught.  It was good to have her back in the pasture again.  Powder and Velvet had never met.  Powder didn't move fast enough to suit Velvet, so Powder lost some hair. She's very aware of Velvet now. Friday was lesson night.  I have my winter goals for  with Nova.  We are to trail walk with head down until she is really relaxed.  You remember that…

Powder’s Progress – Pony Horse Day

October 29, 2010Posted inPowder
Powder and I took part in the first day of a Colt Start clinic today. She is in colt start training with Jenny, but this is a Colt Start clinic with Tony Vaught.  I love Colt Start Clinics.  You can learn just about everything you should know about horses when you participate in or watch a Colt Start Clinic with Tony Vaught. Tony was in the Pat Parelli professional program for many a year and he took two Young Horse Development courses from Pat Parelli and Pat's mentor, Ronnie Willus. …