Archive for July, 2009
Posted by Ali on July 31, 2009
Edward Gal and his mount, Mooreland Totilas (Toto), a 2000 gorgeous black stallion set a world record dressage score at Hickstead, the UK premiere dressage venue. They placed 1st in both Grand Prix and Freestyle, both CDI5* ranked. In the Grand Prix they scored 79.7, and a world record score of 89.4 in the Freestyle. [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 25, 2009
This week I had the opportunity to go to the WEG Reining Test Event at the Kentucky Horse Park with Alex and Nicole! You might recognize Alex if you’ve watched the coverage over Memorial Day Show this past spring, and you haven’t seen Nicole yet, she’s a little camera shy, haha. Anyways, it was the [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 24, 2009
A woman from my barn passed this information along to me, and I would like to spread the word to everyone who comes here! The owner of these beautiful clydesdales passed away, and now the family is trying find new, wonderful homes for them. [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 21, 2009
Majestic Farms is a nationally recognized state of the art show facility located in Cincinnati, OH. This past spring I got the chance to volunteer at their show, The View I. The View was a 3 day show, Friday and Saturday being part I, and Sunday being part II. I volunteered on Saturday, June 13 [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 14, 2009
This past Sunday a group of us at the barn decided to go on a nice trail ride. The barn where our horses are connects to East Fork State Park which has miles of beautiful trails! These trails are not for the lighthearted though. They can get pretty rough at times, you may have to [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 10, 2009
In my horse search online I found Ferris Appaloosas, and wow do they have some nice horses for sale! I looked at 5 of their horses, and they are all in the video above. After watching each of them, I think my favorites have to be Ima Sprinkles, Bilt Mia Class, and Oh Ima Brightstar. [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 7, 2009
Rolf is a 3yo Norwegian Fjord gelding. He is adorable, and has a very sweet calm disposition. We started riding him about a week and a half ago, and he’s been doing great! We’ve been riding him in either a halter or bosal. This time we introduced the bit to him. I used a plain [...]
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Posted by Ali on July 6, 2009
Horse hair items have been around for a long time. As bands for cowboy hats, tassels, zipper pulls, and even incorporated into horse bridles and saddle pads. Horse hair jewelry is also around. I’ve seen plenty of things made of horse hair, but I’ve never thought about making jewelry out of it – even though [...]
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