Nova’s Notebook – Show-Off Junkie

September 16, 2010Posted inNOVA
Thursday, 23 April 2009 Dearest friends, It came over me again-the need to show off. Larry Whitesell is doing a clinic at Pine Dell Farm this three day weekend. I came to Pine Dell to ride Nova tonight. I got to ride with good friends, Hope and Edna. I had just finished all my ground games and got on. In walks Dana-a gaited horse trainer who specializes in Paso Finos, and Larry Whitesell. They sat down in the viewing area and watched us. After I realized that Larry Whitesell was…

2010 World Celebration Highlight

September 10, 2010Posted inNOVA
Versatility Vision – Ribbons and Patterns September 10th, 2010 | Author: Susan I’d just like to start out with how difficult do you think it is to pull a tire on the end of a long rope in a mixture of finly ground rock and sand after a Hurricane Hermoine dumped a million inches of rain in the area last night. I had no idea, either. Nova and I practiced pulling a barrel in an arena and a few lighter things on a gravel road. In no way were we…

Celebration is Not For the Weak!

September 7, 2010Posted inNOVA
Versatility Vision – What a Show Day September 7th, 2010 | Author: Susan Nova and I are one for three. She messed up one pattern and I messed up two. Already I forgot what happened in the fourth class. Read on… Showmanship…We were doing an outstanding job looking sexy. We were to the back-thru-cones, a piece of cake for us in our real life, but this is showlife with a show halter. We did good till I misjudged the cone path and things went out of control. Nova even screamed…

Nova’s Notebook – 1st Demonstration!

May 1, 2010Posted inNOVA
About two weeks before the big Vaught Family Natural Horsemanship, Jenny asked if I was going to ride in the demonstration. Whoops!  I didn't know that Nova and I were going to be in the demonstration.  We had an assumption and non verbal communication. Now, it's something to be practicing all along for "being in the Spotlight" someday as opposed to actually having a date for a demonstration. Nova and I started to practice and the holes we had were just a bit glaring.  I had not practiced enough in…

Nova’s Notebook –

March 26, 2010Posted inNOVA
 I lied all last week about riding every darn day... I rode last night and tonight in the group lesson. oh, it is heaven. We found our flat foot walk and fox trotted even around the corners. The last time, Jenny told me that Nova was so good it was time to stop. She didn't even want her going the reverse way because she did so good. Quit when you are really way ahead. We were going on the 2nd hour of the lesson. We trail walked, we cantered, we…

GRAND SLAM JAM!

September 14, 2009Posted inJR, NOVA, Velvet
A group of us showed at the Missouri Fox Trotter World Show this past week. We are all students of Parelli and study with Tony and Jenny Vaught of "For the Horse" Ranch. We are Hope Kahout, Mindy B.(I have forgotten how to spell her last name), Nichole Vaught, Caitlyn Vaught.  We won 19 World Champion Ribbons! Nichole and Velvet won 13 World Champion competitions and were awarded World Grand Champion Youth Ranch Horse and World Grand Champion Youth Versatility. That's Jenny holding the sign. Tony was missing when we…