Plastic bags and goose fights
We have been having some gorgeous weather here. Highs in the upper 60s or lower 70s and lows in the 50s. Really awesome. You can ride in a t-shirt and not sweat all over. Tuesday was my lesson day, Christie…
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Author Archive: Stampyandthebrain
Secretly Painted
So one of my pet peeves is that people don’t realize what breed Phoenix is. To me it seems incredibly obvious that he is a paint. He not only has white above his front knee, but a few other spots…
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Happy Birthday Stampede!
Hard to believe this big boy is twelve already. It may be part of a bigger quest for extra treats but Stampede was very good this week. He survived an alone ride outside with no drama and we had a…
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Lone Ranger
Thursday night started out as a ride with my friend Christie and her horse Mikey. It soon became obvious though that Mikey wasn’t moving correctly so Stampede and I found ourselves alone in the ring. It was a beautiful night…
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Rain, rain, go away
The last few day have been full of spring rain. Monday P and I got a quick ride in outside before the rain came. He was a nut though, which is unusual for him. Full of himself and taking advantage…
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Recovery
Not only am I free from the chains of tax season now, but Stampede jumped his first full course in months last Wednesday. He was much better than expected, quiet and happily forward, just the way I wanted him to…
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Spring is here!
I actually rode outside quite a few times this week. Spring is coming! Jumped Stampede over a small X on Tuesday night and he was very excited about it, which is a good sign. Had a nice bareback ride on…
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Stampy redeems himself
So after my horrible ride on Stampede outside last weekend I was fairly averse to the idea of riding outside today while the temperature was still just in the high 40’s. Yet it’s hard to resist escaping the indoor after…
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Happy birthday Mr. P!
Happy 24th birthday to the equine love of my life, Phoenix! We had a great time taking pictures of P with his birthday hat on last night. As you can tell from the pictures, Stampede was a little jealous. I’ll…
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Anatomical Girths?
First things first. I really want to get an anatomical girth for Stampede because he has a forward girth groove and I’m tired of trying to make things line up. The issue is that I need a 58″ girth. Seems…
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