“Yes, looking back I should have decided to pay student loans and made more logical decisions. However, a dream long forgotten sometimes supersedes logic…I drained my bank accounts. When I looked in the mirror, I saw a crazy person who thought that dreams paid bills.”
Continue reading …*Note- Although this blog was originally written with a Saddlebred audience in mind, it accurately explains many of the problems that the horse industry as a whole is facing. As it turns out, the issues of a decline in breeding numbers, the search for a more effective way to promote the breed, and a concern that […]
Continue reading …This event started as a regular Novice Amateur Showmanship class and was elevated to a whole new level when an escapee steer from the Equidome found his way into The Equine Chronicle arena right in the middle of Glenda’s set-up and quartering for the judges!
Continue reading …Who ever thought that a $800 yearling would go on to become one of the POA’s leading All-Around pleasure ponies? His breeder Melissa Slayton did.
Continue reading …“Everything makes sense now. The soreness, the clumsiness, the “attitude.” No one saw the signs until now. But at least I know I’ve saved her again. We’ve saved each other so many times.”
Continue reading …“Politics play a role in just about every part of our lives. The misunderstanding is to think that we can’t aspire to have politics actually work for us instead of feeling like we are the victims of a larger system.”
Continue reading …We rescued Nilla as a untrained and unwanted 3-year-old. We nursed her back to health, and my husband trained her.
Continue reading …“Saddie came into my life as an untamed grade yearling filly in August 1995. We bought her for a total of $350, which my mom worked off in trade by babysitting two young girls.”
Continue reading …One thing is for sure; as we “mature,” lots of things change, mostly our bodies. Maybe not our determination, but in some ways our abilities certainly change. Many years ago, it was nothing for me to show halter in the morning and then take on five or six riding classes throughout the day.
Continue reading …It’s that time of year when we want to cozy down and do something homey. Ponies range in size from 9″ to 26″ depending on your choice of yarns and hooks.
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