Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, tagged careing, children, deserving, devotion, good though, horses, kids, little boys, little girls, love, toys on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl. –Author Unknown.
All children (I think) love horses. And no greater love is that from a child (like, REAL love, not love-because-the-child-is- about-to-get-a-new-toy type of love). For all of the challenges and work and hardships that we put our [...]
Posted in What to Think About, tagged "bad horse", campers, develop, green horse, help, horses, learning, lesson, riding, smart horse, stubborn, students, undertrained on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you. –Lendon Gray
I’ve heard before a trainer say that “bad horses” ruin a rider. I completely disagree. It is the difficult horses who, either have had little training, or so much training that they now know every trick in the book in how to [...]
Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, What to Watch, What to Wear, tagged horse, Olympics, ride, saddle, safe, tack, trust on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“At its finest, rider and horse are joined not by tack, but by trust. Each is totally reliant upon the other. Each is the selfless guardian of the other’s very well-being.”
–Author Unknown
I’ve always been a tack nazi. Cleaning after almost every ride and constantly encouraging the students at the farm to do the same…but [...]
Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, What to Watch, Where to Go, tagged Bronze Medal, Champion, Competition, Cross Country, Dressage, Eventers, Gold Medal, Jumping, Olympics, riding, Silver Medal on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wish the best of luck and good sportsmanship to every rider competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. You are living my dreams.
Posted in What to Smile at, What to Think About, tagged affection, care, devotion, food, love, thinking, trust on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“When your horse follows you without being asked, when he rubs his head on yours, and when you look at him and feel a tingle down your spine…you know you are loved.”
–John Lyons
While I don’t actually think that horses are capable of loving like we use the term, I do think that they exhibit a [...]
Posted in What to Read, tagged books, equestrian, horse, interesting, novels, reading on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is not a typical post.
But I have a crazy idea. I will make a new PAGE (not to be confused with new post…see links along the top of the blog) call “What to Read”. I will start a list and people can comment and add.
What are you adding?
A list of the greatest horse-themed books [...]
