Velvet and Nichole Take on Everyone

June 9, 2013Posted inMissouri Fox Trotter, Velvet
Velvet and Nichole won the garland in the youth Versatility Spring Show.  I clapped and cheered all the way through the blue and one red ribbon! Ranch Horse Day was a surprise.  This year the Ranch Horse classes just had one classification...Open.  Open means professional horse trainers and everyone else can participate.  Nichole is 17.  She was in Ranch horse events competing against her mom, step father, younger sister and a host of other adult riders.Points are accrued based on the placing of the horse/rider and how many riders competed…

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…

Thank You For The Support

August 2, 2012Posted inMissouri Fox Trotter, Sage, Velvet
The Missouri Fox Trotter Horse Breed Association supports the members and our wonderful horse. My article is about halfway down the page. Thanks to all editors and those who do the hard work. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=x7quz7dab&v=001ClIWeGrG49dukDNQtW62vWePLWitAZOQ89Vk6yoaXm671KuPvFPdz5Ut-VE0brzOuSsiyGiZ9YtcIFF9Ix3ANkur1ALZImt7rKzUneFxmVweOQxJrOeviylrgdXLaqtzoYPAymBiJEdt5vQgXtA5If7kA54f_eOGPiH4ElvBnbJPEWvijWs20J0KPUEvz9Zt9ojAwAJI8-SMhi2uaf--Ax-4BZ2H6Il6

2011 World Celebration Versatility Blog

July 6, 2012Posted inMissouri Fox Trotter, NOVA, Velvet
This is the 2011 blog from the World Missouri Fox Trotter Celebration.  I posted the stories as I lived them when I could.  They will go away soon this year tom ake way for the 2012 blog.  I want to keep them forever.  I am honored to have been "the versatility blogger" two years in a row! Reflections and Stories September 14th, 2011 | Nova has improved quite a bit over last year. This year I caught on to the need for slow and steady, quiet hands, the head position…