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….
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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.
WOOHOO Sandman did Super Great
This weekend as we finished 4th at the Cinders Ride, he also won the coveted Best Condition award with straight A’s across the board and a very low pulse of 44 at the finish. For those of you who’ve been following Sandman’s development (you should click on this video) from a shy young racehorse who…
Mr. Sandman’s FIRST 50 mile race
WOW!!! Mr. Sandman’s FIRST 50 mile race and our baby boy took a BIG step up and he did it on a long ride with lots of steep rocky climbs, tough terrain for a goat let alone a horse, and 20mph winds that would intermittently gust in the canyons like little tornados. He did super…