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This makes me miss summer more than ever.

All Horses | December 15, 2008

One of my favorite gymkhana show videos from the 2007 season, before Titan’s eye surgery. He’s completely blind on his left side which explains us plowing into the first barrel in Cloverleaf … I didn’t know at that time he was blind.

Classes are:

Gymkhana Barrels
Keyhole
Indiana Flag Race
Cloverleaf Barrels
Pole Bending
Speed & [...]

Unsafe pony fence.

All Horses | December 12, 2008

It has been a while since I blogged about horse fence and how some types are inherently more dangerous to any horse, no matter how calm, gentle, old, smart, etc.
Researching for my recent entry about irresponsible breeding brought me to a photo that, well, explains a lot.
This isn’t the worst fence I’ve seen, by far, [...]

Irresponsible breeding.

All Horses | December 11, 2008

Accidents happen. I get that.
I’ve had horses get out. They can be quite gifted at such things.
But fillies generally do not get knocked up the first time they’re bred. Let’s say the stud got out one day and had a few hours alone with the ladies—er, I mean his little girls—before the owners got home.
What [...]