Or at least, I would be married to horses if I wasn’t married to my hubby. I’ve been a bachelorette since last Friday, and still have a few days to go, so I’m getting in a lot of extra horse time.
So far, that’s included over five hours on Sunday at Dave and Tracie’s cleaning my [...]

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As I was leaving the therapeutic riding facility where I volunteer last night, I caught the tail end of an interesting segment about smells on the John Tesh radio show.
If you’ve never listened to John Tesh, he’s all about providing the latest news and tips that affect our lives. Sometimes it’s what do if you [...]

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Blogosphere, meet Poke. Poke is a 10-year-old, 14.3 hand (ish) quarter horse. He’s hamming it up for the camera with his mom, Lea.
Lea is somewhat new to horses, and Poke is her first equine baby. He was bought for her by a former trainer, and she hasn’t done a whole lot with him yet. I [...]

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This is Penny, aka Princess L’Heureux of A Thoroughbred Family Affair fame performing her special trick–bowing. She’s a diva. But she’s not a diva who is above begging.
A good 13 years ago, I taught Penny to bow. I took her favorite treat, a peppermint, and would place it between her front legs up by her [...]

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It’s no secret that I’m incredibly partial to thoroughbreds, especially giving new life (over jumps!) to ones off the track. I don’t know if I was born with that passion. But if I wasn’t, I certainly gained it through plain old experience.
Without tons of money to spend on our equestrian endeavors, I suppose my range [...]

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This is one of my most favorite pictures in the whole world. I love it for three reasons:

I was a darn cute, sweet 11-year-old
That was my first tail braid ever for a show and it totally rocked
And that’s my non-horsey horse show dad cheesin’ it in the background.

Not only was I fortunate enough to have [...]

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Most people who know me now would never believe what a wimp I was when I first started riding. I was scared to try anything out of my comfort zone. I mean anything. Horses acting up made me nervous. The simple thought of cantering made me nervous. Putting a halter on made me nervous. Leading [...]

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