Tag: Horses
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CSIO4* Nations Cup
I will not keep you in suspense about who won the Nations Cup jumping at WEF last night. It was Canada!! The first round took place in the afteroon and in the evening the top eight teams went again. The leader going into the second round was Belgium with only 4 faults from the afternoon,…
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And now…..
I can honestly tell you that last weekend while getting Biasini to the show and watching Lynsey ride him through two tests, I did not think”Gosh I wish I was showing”.Not once. It never even crossed my mind. I should be clear that I have done lots of showing in dressage for over 20 years.…
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Water Water Everywhere.
Having seen the photos of the disasterous flooding in New Zealand I almost hesitate to put up the WWE title on this post. But here is my WWE photo and the water is only where it should be. This is the pond at the barn where Biasini is living this winter .The area where you…
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Seize This Day!
It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now.” George Harrison I recently received some news that shocked me and reinforced the importance of living every day in the present moment. I have a friend who I have…
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Your horse is clipped. Now he’s itchy! What can you do?
Biasini has had his first body clip.I always find that after the clip he gets itchy and his skin seems dry. Also there is little shine to his coat. What to do?I spray him with Omega Alpha’s Herba Coat and use a soft brush to brush it into his coat. It contains citronella, lavender, neem…
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Naturally Brown Sunday Stills.
Biasini has had his winter coat clipped. Horses grow in a thicker winter coat but if they are in work and training then they sweat and it is hard to get them dried off enough to put on their blankets for the nighttime. Biasini’s legs have not been clipped and will keep his legs warmer…
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Biasini Speaks: I’m a Jumper!
Hello Dear Humans. Don’t worry I have not given up my career as a dressage horse. I know I am good at that so I won’t give it up. But I had a lot of fun last week jumping. I knew I was going to jump when Coach Belinda’s offspring Sophie came to ride me.…
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Sand Pounders: Part 2
There were many comments on my post last week about the sand Pounders coastal patrols. Here is some more information .This is taken from an article in Horse Canada magazine, November 2014. Jarman, a World War II Coast Guard beach patrol veteran, just before he passed away at the ripe old age of 40…
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Back on the Goat Trail!
Today I had the chance to take Biasini out for a forest trail ride. I decided to go on the Goat trail. If you follow this blog you will know that for Biasini and me this trail is our favorite. You will also know that there are no goats on this trail. We call it…
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Compare and Contrast, Then and Now.
Look at this car from the 1950s . No horse could have those colors. Oh…yes they could! Look at this! What about this? What about the coaches that took groups of people from one place to another like this colorful bus? Horses drew “bus” carriages as well . What about the heavy duty transport like…
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My Photographic Groove!
Anne Sandler, of Slow Shutter Speed blog, has given us this weeks lens artists photo challenge. ” What is your photographic groove? Well, it is not hard for me to answer that. Horses and horse photographs. When I started blogging I quickly realized that taking photos of horses was not so easy. They are always…
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Biasini Speaks: I know you know but …
I want to show you my favorite photo!
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