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Working horse shows means that I get to work with a lot of different people of all different ages. The thing that has been on my mind a lot lately is the fact that just because others don’t say anything doesn’t mean that they didn’t notice and more importantly that they won’t file it awayContinue reading “Just Because No One Says Anything Doesn’t Mean It Went Unnoticed…”

We, well mostly my husband spends hours deciding which mare to match to which stud and then we spend a full year dreaming of what that match will produce and then when the foal comes we study how they zoom around the pasture and play with the others foals thinking about what they will beContinue reading “Easy A”

We are currently smack dab in the middle of calving our spring calvers. So much so, we had to pull two calves today and I’m going to be running an extra load of laundry tonight just for our extra icky, gooey clothes. Say an extra prayer for me that the stains all come out! Generally,Continue reading “Calving”

The past few months for us has seemed like a constant steam of sorting cows, running them through the chute and checking heats, oh and a lot of long trotting in the chilly weather to gather. While in reality what we have been doing is working on getting cows set up to raise embryos fromContinue reading “Embryo Transfers”

If you know me at all you know that I love a good performance horse. I love watching everything from Western Pleasure to Jumping and all the classes in-between. You also probably know that I have huge dreams of my own success in the show pen and I’m often dreaming of the horse that isContinue reading “Proven doesn’t always correlate to money or points earned…”

It seems like the amount of people escaping city life to live in the country is multiplying daily. I definitely understand, I lived in the city for a full month this past year and I don’t know how people do it every day, I certainly couldn’t wait to get home. However there are some thingsContinue reading “Dear Townies Moving to the Country,”

It’s been almost a month now since I have had to say good bye to my best pal Pedro. Now if you don’t know Pedro was our dog but in a lot of ways he filled in a lot more roles then just that. I am just now getting to putting his dog bed andContinue reading “My Buddy Pedro”

As I start filling my calendar with shows to work this coming year I am getting really excited for show season to be in full swing. It also has me reflecting on what I’ve learned in the past few years getting to work different positions at different shows and scribing countless runs. I thought thatContinue reading “Horse Show Prep”

This past year I have been extremely blessed to get to travel to work some really big horse shows. While working these shows I stayed in hotels that were in big cities such as Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Pueblo, Huston and several others. Some of these shows were multiple weeks long and I got the tasteContinue reading “Double Standards”