Horses Blog Posts

  Why I Have Always Been So Leary About Shipping My Horses…   Happy Saturday.  I’m sharing a post that I read with tremendous despair and sadness on FB.  I feel compelled and my moral obligation to share this young lady̵...

We're lucky we're such hard-headed, relentlessly persevering folks.

Step one: Let go of expectations and judgment. They only make your mind run like a rat on a wheel.

Lottery winners and philosophers tell us that money doesn't buy happiness, but it's more complicated.

We always wring out hands and coo to each other about the suffering caused by cruel training. Enough already.

Love is easy.

Getting ready for a ride. I liked it so much here at Granite Creek Ranch that I didn't want to leave.My home for three nights. Waiting for me at the end of the two mile dirt road to the ranch was what I consider paradise: an original homestead c...

What will your horse remember the next time you load?

Between Green River, Wyoming and Rock Springs, Wyoming runs County Road 53, which has been designated by the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) as the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Scenic Tour. The tour route runs through the BLM's White Mountain HMA (Herd Man...

Sunrise. Looking East. Somewhere southwest of Vernal, Utah. I'd look down after taking this photo to find a desiccated hare lying near my feet. It must have gotten hit and died there and then dried out. Odd that it wasn't disturbed by scavengers.This...

Princess Celestia, along with her sister, Princess Luna, are co-rulers of Equestria, the land that is the setting for the animated television series, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Celestia and her sister are "alicorns" which is the term used o...

"A Horse With No Name"On the first part of the journeyI was looking at all the lifeThere were plants and birds and rocks and thingsThere was sand and hills and ringsThe first thing I met was a fly with a buzzAnd the sky with no cloudsThe heat was hot...

Your saddle can have a big impact on your riding. If you often feel out of balance, or struggle to stay in the position described by your riding instructor it may not be just your abilities as a rider, your saddle can either help you find a balanced...

Training is an ART and human logic doesn't always rule.

Training is an ART and human logic doesn't always rule.

We’ve had a lot of company at the farm lately. Sometimes I take them into the family pen. The Grandfather Horse is there with his goat, Arthur. Edgar Rice Burro peers from under his eyebrows as he begins the suave stroll over.  Bhim only inche...

We’ve had a lot of company at the farm lately. Sometimes I take them into the family pen. The Grandfather Horse is there with his goat, Arthur. Edgar Rice Burro peers from under his eyebrows as he begins the suave stroll over.  Bhim only inche...

Harmony: Spring training has begun for our elite and highly competitive Infinity Farm Synchronized Napping Team. New coach this year, too. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo–I enjoy twisting th...

Harmony: Spring training has begun for our elite and highly competitive Infinity Farm Synchronized Napping Team. New coach this year, too. Anna Blake, Infinity Farm. (WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo–I enjoy twisting th...

To say that all of my best teachers have been horses is a draft-horse-sized understatement.