Cathy and Tina riding Peppermint and Angel towards Sherwood.
Sherwood Huts ride
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Category Archives: Stories
Horse Talk 2 – Meet the Horses
Kate’s made another video!
My New Home – Patch’s Story
That's me on the right, Connie in the middle and Mum on the left.
Hi Everyone,
My name is Patch. Many of you have come to ride me, and I know I have given you a good ride, coz I am the best trekking horse!! (No I am says Jimmy. No I am says Ginger Bear, and Angus!!!!) O.K O.K O.K. We are all the best. Does that keep everyone happy. So I am ONE of the best trekking horses and like the others I have been taught how to do that and Kate and Abi and the other guides have taught you to get me to want to give you the lovely ride you are looking for, because we want to build the build beyond belief.
Here is my story Continue reading
Four phases of firmness
I am writing this post as I update the site. I am linking to an article by Kate that is describes the fundamentals of natural horsemanship. “From Prey Animal to Partner“. We are carnivorous, we eat meat (some of us do) and that makes us a predator. Kate describes four phases of firmness she describes how we can go from predator to partner, and partner up.
A snippet follows or see the whole article here: From Prey Animal to Partner
Heather Binns Story – Riding at Mt. Lyford
This is one story, that I posted a year ago! Thanks Heather. Here is a link to the story and a snippet! I am posting it again as I prepare a Riders’ Stories section.
Our New Zealand Trek – November 2007
This was the day of our ‘big trek’. After grooming, saddling, and ground work we mounted and rode up the hill to Crystal Lake. We rode over alpine meadows, through pine forests and took in the fantastic views which were quite magical with the fresh snow. We had lunch at Crystal Lake, enjoyed chatting about ‘life’ in general and had some good ‘girl’ talk. We then had to walk the horses down the rough road for a short while, gave them a drink at the creek and then started our journey home.