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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Gray skirt by Marlene

This is one of the skirts Marlene and I have come up with. The next generation will bring improvement, and we are off to a great start!

This is Zane. He is a good old horse. He used to belong to my friend Richard but when I moved to Alabama we made a trade. I picked Zane out at the time Richard bought him and I think a lot of him still.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Breakfast

Just a nice shot this morning. This is the horses in their new pasture, otherwise known as the front yard.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Getting around

Hag and colt havin a little fun.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Welcome new colt

This is our family, Hag's colt is about 12 hours old here. Diamond Dust's filly is 16 days. I am working on getting some video of him up. Check back soon.

Life's a beach

Fred took me to the beach today at Gulf Shores, about 30 min from the house.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

first try at blogging video

Blackriver Smokey

This is the colt from the wild mare. With the move to Alabama choices had to be made. Richard is now the proud owners of the wild mares and Fred is the new owner of Smokey. Isn't he a cutie. He is progressing nicely with his taming.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Sweet home Alabama

Here are the new digs. A little house and lots of grass is my idea of home. My goat likes it here too.

Monday, September 10, 2007

One week old

Here is our little express as a happy healthy one week old. I hope to post a short photo of her in action to show how nice she really is.

I have been a hippophiliac {lover of horses} all my life. I was born in Garden Grove CA where we could not have horses. After wanting one for so long and saving LOTS of dimes and pennies, in the summer of 73 we moved to Norco CA. I finally got my first horse at age 7. She was a hateful Appaloosa mare in foal. Boy did those first horses teach me some things. By the time I was 10 I no longer had my own horse and had to ride the horses no one else wanted to, if I wanted to ride. I could ride horses my friends and family could not. I got the chance to work with show horses of several breeds and disciplines growing up. I lived within riding distance of Ingall’s Park so saw lots and lots of shows. My brother’s girlfriend (now his wife) showed Morgan horses and later their trainer bought the place across the road from my parents. Quite by accident I got into training horses. I mean that was all I wanted to do anyway, but to make money at it? COOL! I was 13. I started with rehabbing outlaw horses (a very learning experience for me) and went on to starting young Arabian horses then Morgans. In the early 90’s I moved to the Missouri Ozarks, near Ava. There I opened my own training barn open to the public. I trained horses for a living there for over 10 years before a bad marriage and an injury put an end to that. After the divorce and loss of my farm I traveled around quite a bit. I learned a lot and had good and bad times. I am now back home in the Ozarks with a brand new plan. I plan to build the ultimate trail horse. What that means to me is, big, bold, and beautiful. I want a horse pretty enough to show on the weekends, athletic enough to ride all day over rough terrain… day after day, and smart enough to save my life if need be, with a walk to bring tears to your eyes!!! I plan to start with the best blooded brood stock, with outstanding conformation, large hearts, big motors, and beautiful color...that can walk the walk, in the building of my ideal trail horse.