I took Summer’s new camera to the barn to snap a few photos during Bryn’s riding lesson. Here’s a few of the good ones, in no particular order.

Coming soon: photos of Bryn actually riding.

Bryn rode Laredo yesterday at the W Bar S Combined Training Event and took fourth place in her division. I was in the office getting caught up on some work that needed doing. Wendy took the new video camera (the old one has been busted for some time now) and filmed Bryn’s rides.
First is Bryn’s […]

Here’s two videos of Bryn riding Laredo at Pine Hill courtesy of Terry Longoria. The first comes from a schooling day on February 24 of this year:

 
The second is from an eventing day on March 2. Bryn finished fifth place for the day.

Via Hoofbeats:
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”
–Sir Winston Churchill

I don’t want to hear about groundhog day.
If you want to speak to me of traditional rituals, especially those involving animals, speak to me of Derby day at Churchill Downs and the call to the post. Speak to me of the march of the ducks at the Peabody Hotel. Or speak to me of the […]

Nolan, our latest in a long series of Sheltie foster dogs, has finally been adopted. I couldn’t find the time to blog Nolan’s photo when he first arrived here at Pine Gulch, but here he is in his last day with us. Nolan’s only part sheltie, as you can probably tell, but he was a […]

Wendy and I went to the barn this morning for what we thought would be a quick trip. The horses had all spent the night in the pasture, so we thought we would put some feed in their stalls, bring them all in, wait for them to eat, then turn them all back into the […]

Here’s a little video I made of Friday night’s training session with Laredo.

Training Laredo on Vimeo

Here’s Aspy, who continues to improve after we were afraid he would have to be put down:

We wish Genna were doing as well. Wendy got to the barn early this morning, only to learn that Genna was in the hospital with a bad case of kidney stones. She’s been released, and is on medication, but […]

Bryn rode Laredo tonight! It’s the first time any of us have ridden him (as opposed to sitting on his back while being led around with a rope). She rode beautifully — she walked and trotted him, but did not canter. Laredo’s been in training for about four months, and Bryn has been riding for […]

We learned tonight that Aspy, one of our favorite horses at Genn’s barn, has broken his leg and will have to be put down. Apsy is a beautiful big gelding in the color that is called “flea-bitten gray” (Wendy had to explain to me that flea-bitten does not refer to the horse’s hygiene, but to […]

Now it’s time to catch up on my blogging. Here’s a couple of horse tales for you:
A couple of weeks ago, a vet came out to the stable and gave the big critters some vaccinations. I don’t remember what they all were, but I know there were three of them. One of the vaccinations was […]