First Trail Ride in 2014

March 16, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
March 15, 2014 turned into a 70 degree afternoon.  A good friend with a fabulous young horse invited Lucky and I to ride at Holden Lake.  I didn't ask Lucky and said YES!  I was excited about the ride.  We've not been on a trail ride since, wait...sometime last year before all my 2013 foot problems started.  I bet that I've not rode on a trail ride since last June or so. Lucky had developed a fear of wind last year.  He went into training with Nichole Copple and Paul…

A “Demo” Horse

March 12, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Long have I and the multi-talented, willing Velvet been doing solo demonstrations.  My demonstrations  are all about showing lot's of WOW Horsemanship along with a little bit of humor.   (judged Free Style entry for your enjoyment) Velvet and I started doing "demo's"at Equitana in Louisville in 2000 and I've added bits and pieces to the original demonstration since then.  Our 2009 demonstration was for Pat Parelli, Walter Zetl (dressage master) and an adoring crowd of 1000 people.  Velvet and I brought down the house.  The thought of doing a…

The Yes and The No

February 22, 2014Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
Ride Today featuring "The Yes" AKA Susanfxtrt and the "Mister No" AKA Lucky Star We had an arena ride which was cleverly disguised as a fun way to get the "NO" to canter without breaking gait.  Getting Mr. No to Canter is a bit of a challenge.  The Yes put out barrels in a circle pattern.  Yes and No had some fun going around in the circle pattern and stopping to rest at a barrel.  Barrels became the reward without too much effort.  The Yes managed to get the NO…

Most Amazing Dinner Date

January 9, 2014Posted inMiscellaneous
"I'll take you to dinner tonight at Sam's," I said.  "OK, Let's go.  Let me get my heavier coat on," spouse responded.  That's how we start out a romantic date night.  Sam's has the best BBQ brisket I've ever eaten.  I have become a fan of brisket because of this restaurant.  It's the type of restaurant I grew up in…meat and potatoes with vegetable options.  Good cooking. We entered Sam's and found "our booth" was free.  We sat down and fought over the placement of the table.  The plush booths…

Life Bike Twelve – The End and Beginning of Passions

December 16, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
After RAGBRAI in July was the MS 150 in Kansas City.  I did it again.  After experiencing RAGBRAI and the fun times in all the towns, MS 150 was, well, dull.  No matter because I had moved to the country.  I visited Roberta in the country with her horse.  I came back home and told my husband we had to move to the country.  Grumpily, he said we could look at country homes. We drove down the driveway of the only country home advertised in the newspaper on that day.…

Lucky Star – 2013

December 8, 2013Posted inCountry Frank's Lucky Star, Missouri Fox Trotter
It's been a while since I've updated everyone as to how Lucky is doing.  I was a little discouraged this past year, starting in June, when I still didn't have a ridable horse to show.  "When or will I ever have a horse I can ride in a show arena!" I was moaning in my mind.  I had been at the Missouri Fox Trotter Spring Show cheering on the Vaughts with Nova, Powder and Tony.   I was at the Super Horse Show the next weekend and temptation overcame me.…