WOW, 35 years is a really LONG time, as evidenced in these photos, and for context, the pic above is Sandman and I this past weekend at the Tonto 50-mile ride and on one below is Sea Ruler and I in 1989, on a road in Ohio riding across America heading east into West Virginia….
Category: The Long Ride
McDowell Lead Follow or Get Out of My Way Endurance Rides
Had a really GREAT ride this past weekend at the McDowell Lead Follow or Get Out of My Way Endurance Rides. Many of the skills we’ve been working on (below) for the last six months came together nicely at this ride and overall, it was a really enjoyable event. Sandman came out at the start…
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.
Long story short, a few weeks ago, I decided to “take a breath”, pull my foot off the gas and take a step sideways now with Sandman’s training so that I could just enjoy my time with him and hopefully take a bigger step forward later. With horses, there’s this saying that you hear often,…
Great Time Today Visiting Friends
GREAT time today visiting friends Claire and Troy Eckard at their amazing Iron Springs Ranch. My friend Dylan and I and his daughter Mia took a tour with Troy and Claire and along the way, we had a chance to visit with their horses, chickens, burros, and their very happy and growing cattle herd while…
Mr. Sandman’s I’m a “BIG BOY NOW” Weekend!!
We had a few breakthroughs this past weekend as we took on the White Mountain Tango ride and in challengingly rugged but beautiful terrain.
Two very different partners, but “the times they are a changing”.
Nothing is more constant in life than “change”, and when that happens, it’s often a difficult transition to make and even more difficult.
IT’S HOT , but you know, it’s a dry heat
Our daily routine, kind of mundane but tolerable in the heat, is to give the horses a cold shower every night and then they stand in front of the fans and drip dry while cooling off, then they go and roll and we do this every night.
Masquerade says “Happy Father’s Day Weekend”
He’s my boy and he is an amazing ride partner, just the best and again, he still has some “get up and go” in him.
He was so proud when Lori took this picture and of this ride I did with him this weekend as his Dad chose him to ride on his Dad’s special weekend. These horses will save our lives, have a great Father’s Day weekend and enjoy the ride.
A great ride weekend!
WOW, from every perspective, a great ride weekend!! On the horse side, Sandman finished his first 30 miler in 12th place with all A’s and a pulse of 44 at the finish. These are great horse scores, and I can talk all day about the challenges he overcame, but more importantly for me, the people…
Spring has SPRUNG at Promise Ranch.
We hope everyone had a great Easter weekend and for us, it was especially nice when we woke up to a “kodachrome” moment like never before. This night blooming Cereus cactus (which signifies hope and good fortune) will last a week or so and it’ll trigger the pollinator hummingbirds and bees and then all of…