Riding Aside

It is with a very heavy heart that I announce that I went outside to feed this morning and was shocked to find Chastain had passed on. He w...

Yesterday Joy came out to the farm to ride Rev...She warms him up in the round pen and then goes out to the backside of our farm where there...

..well - okay .. he is not new, but Southern Revival will be tested out soon as a sidesaddle horse.  So let me back up and tell you about th...

I just heard from Tommy and Sport just WON his championship class!!!~!~!!  Tommy said there were 9 horses in his class!!!!!!!  YIPPIE!!! T...

Well, I have not been posting much on my blog recently, not because there has not been anything happening; but because what has been happeni...

.. but there is a LOT going on at the farm and in our family right now that needs attention... but I will leave you will this stunning photo...

Two of my friends also have recently sent their horses over to Tommy for training.  They we able to go and visit this week and took this ado...

There is no denying - this is one beautiful breed of horse!!! ..but put a sidesaddle on one, and you increase the beauty quota by multi...

Today I arose at 0430, readied myself and left for the airport.  After checking in for my flight, I found out it was running 50 minutes late...

After almost a year recovering from a terrible quarter crack that was all the way up to his hair line, my Ollie is back!!!  I gave Madison...

I have been using Oliver to give Madison riding lessons when she comes to visit us.  She is so light and her lessons so short and infrequen...

I went to Baton Rouge today to see Sport...so since I am going to tell you all about him - I thought I would also share the finished port...

..to know better.  Did that make any sense?  When you work with a young horse and they do something wrong - you have to analize it - you hav...

..to the farm today to ride Revival, but she could only stay for 3 hours.  It sounds like a long time, but it really is not.  We moved Bella...

Paradise Punch It was not long before Punch's owner arrived at the barn.  By then they had brought Punch up from his stall only to dis...

Joy That next weekend I invited Joy to come with me to Bluebonnet to take a riding lesson.  This would be her last chance to do so, since ...

Meet Joy and Emily! Joy is on the left and Emily on the right.  I am so very proud of them both. Emily is the older sister, married to D...

Unlike many of you, I had to wait until I was an adult to get my first horse and to take my very first 'real' riding lesson.  My Dad...

This is Sport right after he was born! Even at this tender age of being moments old... ......before even having the chance to unfold.....

..I have a really soft spot in my heart for Pinto's, especially American Saddlebred Pinto's!  This is a picture of Michelle Mcfarlan...