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Feronia the awesome trail pony (and all-around awesome mare...)


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I'm looking to place a horse in a pleasure/trail home. He is beginner-safe and worth his weight in gold to the right match. 15.2 hand bay gelding with 4 whites, most likely a Quarter Horse cross, maybe some Thoroughbred thrown in somewhere. Our vet's current, educated guess places him at 13-15 years old. He is located in Norfolk MA and I am ( Read more... )

Thought you guys might like this. Was taking happy snaps from horseback today, didn't help my little mare was jumping around at kangaroo's (yes real ones) now and again, but I got one which I kind of liked. A bit of Photoshop and I did an arty :D


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( personal memoir/musing, skip if uninterested )

I'm looking for an adoptive home for Jasper, who is a super sweet 15 year old Quarter Horse cross gelding. His prior owner used him in a lesson program, then dumped him at an auction. I had ridden him at the Komen Ride (our barn borrowed him since we were a few horses short), so when I heard he was going to auction I went and outbid the broker so ( Read more... )

Background: I'm planning on hitting the trails in a major way this summer - potentially to condition for our first official endurance ride in late summer. I will usually be riding alone, and I do have saddle bags for water and other essentials for longer rides. I also ride with a fanny/waist pack within which I keep my ID, cellphone (which doubles ( Read more... )

If you care about our bridleways and want to increase/improve/safeguard them, please please please sign this online petition:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/15341

Gali's recent struggles with his ringbone have really made me take a step back and evaluate what I do with him. He and I both love dressage, but the more challenging movements we were working on seemed to be what aggravated the arthritis. He is back to being sound now, but I think I am going to ease up on our dressage training and work on getting ( Read more... )

I thought that the collective equestrian mind might be able to help me with a mild conundrum I’m facing.

I use a dressage saddle and a County Logic Girth, which if you don’t know is shaped to help prevent the saddle from being pulled into the withers for horses with certain conformation. My mare defiantly has that conformation and the Logic girth has always ( Read more... )