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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Pony Tag


My pony Flicka


I lived in town and had to stable my pony at a local farmers house. There was several kids with horses and ponies. There was the big front barn with about 5 stalls, a back barn with two pretty big stalls and a small orchard with a little shed.

There were plenty of us kids to go around, if you were there and did not have a pony we would fix you right up. I talked my mom and dad into buying a few more ponies, after I bought Flicka. That way I could sell them to my friends and family. We use to play pony tag. I don't know if it is a real game these days but it was a game all us kids made up. We had a blast chasing each other around and tagging each other on our ponies. Playing pony tag is probably how I learnt to stay on my wild little pony Flicka.

Flicka could turn on a dime, run like the wind and had super brakes. When I first started riding her I would fall off almost every time I stopped her. I never blamed her though because it was me that didn't know how to stop properly. I was and still am a very stubborn girl, I would get up and get right back on. I did not even know I was suppose to do that to keep Flicka from learning bad habits. I won all the races even with the big horses. If I knew then what I know now I could have made some money on that sweet little pony Flicka. I was too young my mom and dad never had horses. I had to teach myself everything.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Horse Lovers

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Img04 This sweetheart of a horse is  Sasseys Delight the rider is Katy. This picture was taken at the Marion County Fair, 1995 Sassey passed away in 2007. She was 37 yrs. old.

Katy is 23 now and has a 1 yr old little girl, AnnElise

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Monday, September 7, 2009

Last week my daughter Katie and I went out to spend some time with our horses. We brushed down Pepper and Glory and took them for a ride. Unfortunately we forgot the camera. They both look so much better than they did when we got them. Its the first time I have really spent any time with them. Pepper, the little paint mare needs a lot of ground work. Shes a little skidish but really racks like a dream. Glory, is a very smooth ride also, she has a very good head shaking walk. She likes to go go go and does not stand very well. We will be working on that problem, too. We let Velvet Lace rest this time.