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Diana replied to Mary Ginn's discussion 'High Withers' in the group Arabian Horse Lovers

My distance mare (Half-Arabian/Appaloosa) is big shouldered, not high withered or short backed but hollowed behind the shoulder and slab sided - meaning that she tapers from being wide at the shoulders and narrow through the rib cage. We ride her w…

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Diana replied to Diana's discussion 'Have You Always Bred the Same Breed or Have You Had Several?'

I see we all are following the same similar theme - changing breeds to suit what we want or need to be participating in, yet finding that one breed remains the underlying background. How interesting to find that others are doing the same as we do w…

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Mary Ginn commented on Diana's blog post 'Icing on the Cake!'

I'm thrilled for you!! I had a similar surprise just a few weeks ago. This year was my first riding in CTRs. I placed in the 3 that I entered (not hard when there are only 6 in my division, but oh well). Anyway, I found out I was 4th in Horsemanship…

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Ann Hatfield replied to Diana's discussion 'Have You Always Bred the Same Breed or Have You Had Several?'

The breeds of horses I have raised and ridden have been related to what I was involved with. Not to say I changed with the wind, but I have always had a bit of a United Nations here to cover various activities and needs: Arabs for fun and endurance…

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If a horse is involved I'm in. Done just about every sport/discipline with many breeds of horses, ponies and even mules.

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Icing on the Cake!

Well Loosi's (Bask N Coins) 2009 fantastic season just keeps getting better and better.

While we didn't expect to get any awards other than mileage accomplishments (Mother, Loosi and I all got our 1500 miles) at the OCTRA banquet due to the fact that we spent the majority of the season stateside. We completed only 3 Endurance rides and 1 CTR within OCTRA, well Loosi was 15th Endurance Horse and 19th Overall (combined CTR and END) - wow, guess everyone else had short seasons as well due to the e… Continue

Posted on December 12, 2009 at 6:03pm — 1 Comment

Modern Major General - update

Well I really rode Pixie for the first time today. I've had her in the boarding barn since Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. I did groundwork for a week, then hired the girl that been training the ponies all summer. I must say Heather has done an excellent job with the boys and with Pixie. I had started both the boys over the past couple of winters but COLD weather after working outside all winter doesn't make me want to get on a green pony and time is just not there in the summer. Both boys w-t-c… Continue

Posted on November 28, 2009 at 4:23pm —

2009 - What a Year It's Been (endurance wise)

Just looking back over my 2009 season and all I can say is "Wow, what a year it has been!"

First off I would like to thank the Graber Family in Indiana who purchased my matched pair of Hackney Horse fillies last October thus giving me the funds to make 2009 possible. Also to Leigh Gowdy-King for letting me pair up with Bask N Coins+ (aka Loosi). Many more thanks to my pit crew Vivianne Macdonald and Art King and all the others who have helped along the way.

I started off the year getting pumpe… Continue

Posted on October 10, 2009 at 10:24am —

Back to the Ponies

Labour Day weekend saw us presenting 3 animals at the North American Sport Pony Inspection.

Quest For Gold (Rocko's Gold X Shades of Spring) - First Premium with a score of 7.3
Appassianata DS (*Rhoson Pasiant X Clovercroft Lucky Jenny) - First Premium with a score of 7.6
Clovercroft Jenny (actually Clovercroft Lucky Jenny but they have an 18 character limit on names) - First Premium with a score of 7.1

Quest and Apple are both Half-Welsh but distinctly different builds and types. Jenny is a p… Continue

Posted on October 3, 2009 at 9:49am —

Ride of a Lifetime - 4th Appaloosa National Championship Endurance Ride

Well as you know Loosi is a known runaway that had had issues just a month prior to us heading back to Cuyahoga Valley National Park, just south of Cleveland OH.

Now that the bolting issue had hopefully been solved and the fact that I had come down and ridden the National trail on a CTR in July, I was hoping and planning to ride to win!

We arrived at camp on Thursday and met up with fellow Arab/Appy rider who was hosting the Appaloosa rider dinner. I had gathered up sponsors for the ride and m… Continue

Posted on October 3, 2009 at 9:42am —

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At 10:41pm on December 10, 2009, Kim Logue said…: I like your blog. I haven't been on the site for a long while, and it was great to get caught up!

At 6:32pm on November 29, 2009, Savannah Rijk said…: Hey Diana,
Thank you for the tip. I hadn't thought about that yet.

At 1:33pm on November 14, 2009, Angela Marks said…: I do think Midas has potential for success in dressage, his grandsire (who he is line bred to) competed in it and did very well. I can't wait to see him in the dressage ring! I do hope Christine gets him out there soon.

Dozer is very sensitive around his face as well...isnt that funny, but he loves my husband (thankfully). In spite of him being 16.2hh and over 1600lbs, he does everything he can to avoid hurting anything...it's amazing!

I am currently working with Dozer on being consistent in his gait and obedience even when he gets worried (not an easy task...) The natural horsemanship program gives lots of exercises to develope that before you ever get in the saddle. Certain cues become so ingrained that they seem to respond automatically. For example: the driving game while on the ground is taught with both pressure and lifting of the lead rope, that then is used to dissenage the horse to stop while on the circle that leads to the "suspension" rein that works as a half halt while riding...its really quite amazing how it all ties together. My Arab who was trained to level 3 Parelli before I owned him, will easily go from a canter to a walk using a suspension rein, and he will also collect himself during any gait if it is applied correctly and without too much pressure.
The Clydesdale you are working with sounds wonderful, I would LOVE to see some photos! I would also love to hear more about his training process....you can never learn enough about methods of working with a horse!

At 8:28pm on November 9, 2009, Angela Marks said…: Hi Diana,
Midas recieved some nice comments from international Dressage competitor Yvonne Losos de Muñiz She seemed to think he would do well in top level Classical Dressage. He hasnt competed yet in dressage, but Christine hopes to do so next year, she wanted to be sure he was ready for it.

Dozer our Clydesdale was a Mennonite horse and was bought from a horse rescue. He seemes to understand driving,doesnt mind having a harness on at all, but we havent tried pulling anything with him yet. We have ridden him, which he doesnt object to, but he doesnt really know much yet as far as under saddle training goes. He is VERY sensitive and can't be pushed so progress is slow.

At 6:27pm on November 9, 2009, Anne Jones said…: Yes I made it out to one this year. The dufferin Forest ride in June. We had planned to do the ride in October there but my friend took sick, on the way ,so we had to turn around and head home. My friend has just bought herself a lovely arab mare and we are hoping to hit a lot more rides next year with her and Kali.

At 7:14am on November 9, 2009, Angela Marks said…: Hi Diana,
You are right about me being a pony enthusiast, I love them! I miss having my own, but maybe I will one day soon, I am hoping to own one of Midas' foals ( the buckskin Welsh Cob stallion that was once mine). I will certainly promote ponies as much as possible because,like you, i do believe there is a need.
Angie