I rode today! =) Isis and I rode with another person at the barn in the front pasture. It was Isis’ first time there undersaddle. We were both a little nervous. Overall she was good (and would have been better if I had calmed down a little). It was nice to be back on her. I should have a riding lesson next week on Tuesday and Isis is scheduled for a massage too....
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Getting Isis in Shape
My posts here have been reduced since Isis has been in NC. I’ve been out to the barn almost every day so I can work with her. Most of her first week was spent lunging and getting her in shape. Her feet were long, so I had to wait until after her trim to work with her under saddle. She was trimmed on Wednesday afternoon by the new farrier. He seems really good....
Continue reading...Drinking water
Isis hauled beautifully and did very well. She has settled in and seems to be adjusting. She has her own stall and her own turn out paddock. She is up during the day and out at night. I discovered tonight that she doesn’t like the new water. She has been at a barn with city water for the past 10 years (prior to that she drank well water). She will drink water but...
Continue reading...Isis comes home!
Isis is coming home this weekend! Yay!! I’ll be offline until Sunday. Related Images:
Continue reading...Sweets Make Young Horses Harder To Train, Study Finds
Ever wonder if feeding sweetfeed to your horse could make him/her more rambunctious? A Montana State University study shows that two year olds fed sweet feed were higher strung than their counterparts fed only hay. read more | digg story Related Images:
Continue reading...Best Possible News
To me this is even better than selling the house: Isis will be in North Carolina on the weekend of August 24th! Whee! Finally! Finally! Finally! (Happy dance!) This is like Christmas and birthday and Big Happy Surprise rolled into one. It has been nerve wracking having her in a different state. I trust the people who own the farm where she is boarded. She has been there eleven years so they know...
Continue reading...Arab proverbs
This was sent to me by a friend who also has an Arabian horse. Thought I would share it. My treasures do not clink together or glitter, they gleam in the sun and neigh in the night. – Arab proverb And another one I’ve used as a sig on some forums: “The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears.” ~ Arabian proverb My girl should be here towards the...
Continue reading...Launch of Victory Equine Centre web site
Mom launched the web site for her business, Victory Equine. Go Mom! Hi, everyone, We are very pleased to announce that our training/marketing centre’s web site designed by arabhorse.com has just been launched. Please visit us at www.VictoryEquineCentre.com to see photos of our facility in Frederick, Maryland and the services we offer. We would love to have your feedback about our site. If you would like more information, please call Fernando Poli at...
Continue reading...City League for Show Jumping
Saturday the Knoxville News Sentinel posted an article about the City League sponsoring a competition in Knoxville featuring Grand Prix jumping taking place at the Civic Colliseum. The Knoxville Quickstars will be competing against teams from all over the place. It sounds great. Competitions rang from fences 2 feet to 5 feet high with timed and untimed courses. It sounds like a blast. The semifinals are in Tryon, NC in October. I hope...
Continue reading...Visit with Isis this weekend
The best part of this weekend was visiting Isis. When I pulled up on Friday, Isis was in the paddock next to the barn. I rolled down the door and said her name. She immediately nickered and yelled for me. I grinned. The barn owner said that she never whinnies for anyone like she does for me. I beamed. Life is good when your kid remembers you and calls for you even when...
Continue reading...Riding…maybe
I might have two offers to ride horses for other people. I never thought about doing that, until I realized how out of shape I’ve become from not riding. SO… I’m going to take up the ladies on their offer. I’ll have to bring some fo my gear back from Tennessee, but hey better to be used than not. Yay! Riding! I wish it was on my girl but at least this will...
Continue reading...Horse Masters Meeting
Tonight was a Horse Masters meeting tonight at the Occoneechee Steakhouse in Hillsborough, NC. The last meeting was also held there. Good food, pretty reasonable prices. One of the ladies in Horse Masters had called ahead and confirmed that the restaurant could handle a group of 20-25. Meeting started at 7:00. Nice chatting with everyone. Everyone trickled in by about 7:15 or 7:30. There are some interesting upcoming seminars and a neat show...
Continue reading...Poem: Transfer of Owners
This poem was written in 1994 at a point when I was going through a traumatic time: financial difficulties, 8 funerals in 18 months (including my Dad), and then the worst of all… Losing my horse. I felt your breath soft on my neck myriad memories tickling my mind like whiskers falling from clippers Luminous eyes glazed with the day’s work and the field is dust flicking through the stall washed with bespeckled...
Continue reading...HorseMasters Clinic
I went to my first HorseMasters’ clinic on May 24th. It was a clinic designed to teach horses and riders about schooling over fences, from using ground poles to start a horse over fences to more advanced jumps and gymkhana. It was the exact level that Isis and I could have used. I missed my girl! Because Isis is still in Tennessee, I volunteered to help — maybe six hours in all? I...
Continue reading...Equine Withdrawl
I have pictures of Isis all over my cube. Her face is the background on my cell phone. I carry several hundred megabytes worth of pictures of her every where I go on my MP3 player. It is almost impossible to express how much I miss her. It’s like having your sanity in another state… Missing her is part of why the house not selling has been hitting me so hard. All I...
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