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Family Trail Ride: Horse Dreams Come True II

Posted on October 13, 2008 by admin

The family was finally ready to live their dream of a family trail ride. I trailered the ever-dependable Lucy over to join them. While the family was tacking up, Lucy and I fully enjoyed playing in an actual ARENA. Our … Continue reading →

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Horse Dreams Come True

Posted on October 13, 2008 by admin

I started teaching the Knock’s several years ago.  Their dream was to trail ride as a family.  When we started, they had one young, barely broke, extremely fearful Quarter Horse.  Hardly material for group pleasure ride success! Stormy the been-there-done-that … Continue reading →

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Natural Horsemanship in the Middle Ages

Posted on October 8, 2008 by admin

The Web Whisperer just overcame a longstanding glitch in our systems. We are now able to access all the horse training, horse showing, and adventuring media we have been creating through the last few months. Expect a bunch of belated … Continue reading →

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Natural Horse Training Updates

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Kirsten

Autumn has officially begun, and we celebrate the end of an exciting, successful summer!   We are taking the horses in training on many adventures off the farm, including trail rides, horse shows and medieval reenactments.  We firmly believe that consistent … Continue reading →

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New Trails, New Partnership

Posted on September 16, 2008 by admin

Suzi invited us trail riding at Stoney Creek Farm when we first met Mikey, our large, lovely TB gelding. Today needed to bring home Cricket, the 6 year old appendix Quarter Horse mare. We used the extra trailer space to … Continue reading →

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We-show Horse Show

Posted on September 15, 2008 by admin

We woke before the sun to groom and load the horses. Ours was the first trailer to roll into the horse show grounds. I hopped on Gideon first, determined to give him the slow warm-up he responds so well to– … Continue reading →

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Natural Horsemanship at the MPHSC Horse Show

Posted on September 7, 2008 by admin

Despite visiting family, we managed to work in a quick trip to the Maryland/Pennsylvania Horse Show Circuit show. We brought along Angus, Lucy and Gideon. The show grounds offered an indoor and outdoor arena, and a large field to play … Continue reading →

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Gift From A Horse

Posted on April 23, 2008 by admin

Like any young horse in training, Wally the Warmblood has his good days. He has his not-so-good days and he has those frustrating, tear-out-your-hair days when he seems to forget how to put one foot in front of the other, … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2007 by admin

Happy New Year! Some semblance of peace has replaced the hubbub of the holidays: Denise and I actually took a trail ride the other day. And with New Year’s Eve looming, my thoughts naturally turn to resolutions. I pulled out … Continue reading →

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Return to the Middle Ages

Posted on October 29, 2007 by admin

After Saturday morning riding lessons, I snuck over to a neighboring SCA medieval equestrian practice. Lady Alienora from the Incipient Canton of Abhainn Iarthur generously shared her steeds with me. Lady Brandwyn Alston of the Rift, Atlantia’s Deputy Earl Marshal … Continue reading →

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