I was so excited about my wonderful trail ride Saturday, I forgot about part 1 of the weekend! I went with my Dad to a tack swap. I LOVE tack swaps. I didn’t have any cash with me, so Mom lent me $25 and off I went. For $25 here’s my loot: Cooler (almost brand […] more

I had a lovely trail ride on Saturday. For the gelding update, scroll to the bottom.The Kaweah Horsemasters lesson on Saturday was cancelled, so Friday night I was faced with a delimeana: Have horse, will travel, but where to travel to? I decided that spending Easter Sunday with my parents was a fine idea and […] more

I updated Minx’s pedigree to allbreedpedigree.com. Her name is “Linda”. There are multiple Linda’s and so she was assigned ID: LINDA249 more

Bad Melinda Bad Melinda Bad Melinda!…… But he’s free….. Isn’t he cute? I have 2 pics of him under saddle, but they are in a word doc and I can’t post them here. He looks less bulky under saddle. He’s being ridden in “a frame”, but isn’t being asked to go long and low. So […] more

I swear! Last post on this subject. The vet called me back with the necropsy results. She said it was “interesting”. “Interesting” is a much better word to hear when your horse is dead rather than alive….. The small intestine was DEFINITELY displaced, and infected, which means at one point it was probably cut off […] more

Minx’s last chapter. So posted part 1 of Minx’s story here. I’m not sure I’ll post the “middle” chapters but we’ll see. I still don’t have the autopsy pics and results, but if you want to see them when I get them, e-mail me at [email protected]. This is not my normal e-mail, so if you […] more

The information below was taken from the breeders e-mail to me: see part 1 for the beginning. Farley has a lot of experience. There’s no fooling me now! The breeder leased her out for racing, where she traveled the fair circuit for many months. She was trailered, hot walkered, cross tied, and ridden by numerous […] more