Equines

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Equines! My other loves

Two decades ago, I stopped raising horses, but I never lost my love  for them—sight, sound, smell, and feel. Now that I have retired, I have rekindled that love of horses, both large and small. My daughter lives a few minutes away. She has lots of acreage, and  she specializes in well bred, excellent temperament, athletic Egyptian Arabians and Arabian crosses with bloodlines she has acquired and bred under the farm name Stardust Arabians. She is training for and riding endurance in AERC-sponsored rides.

The Seven Stages of Aging on Horseback [so true!]
Colt Starting for the Elderly [instructive and amusing]
Wonderful site with lots of articles and videos
[with emphasis on gaited horses]
Good Intentions and Cruelty to Horses [EXCELLENT article about “spoiling” horses and the consequences of doing so]


                  



Our Horses

ZDR's Lainey (Lainey) is a 1999 sorrel registered [pedigree] Missouri Fox Trotter mare. She's 14.2h, solid in the fox trot and seasoned on trails and down the road. Her breeding is from the Caswell's, who used to be prominent in MFTs. Mr. Caswell would say, "Not every one of our horses will be a show horse, but they will all be saddle horses." Lainey is definitely a good representative of that. She's patient with slow mounting and dismounting riders, but she has plenty of pep for trail rides! Since  I have not been riding enough to justify keeping her, Lainey has now gone to a new home with the Johnson’s in Lawton.

Davis Roan Delight (Rosie) is a 1996 sabino red roan registered [pedigree] MFT mare. She’s  almost 15.2h, mellow and quiet, and a dependable trail horse for group rides! She recently completed a 25-mile limited endurance ride with an adult rider, finishing with an excellent heart rate recovery and ready to go farther if asked.