Category Archives: Horses

Awareness of the outside world. The Livestock Conservancy, LC: Endangered Equine Alliance, LC: Akhal-Teke Horse. ~~~ A Is For Akhal-Teke, long-legged & golden. No personal connection to this breed. I’ve always thought they were cool. “The Byerly Turk, one of the three founding stallions of the English Thoroughbred, is thought to be an Akhal-Teke.” InternationalContinue reading “A Is For Akhal-Teke”

Blogging About Blogging Awareness of the outside world. Meta. ~~~ Since the middle of last month I have been starting my posts with a few words that touch on the world at large, either related to the post, or the events of the day. I’m torn about this feature and gathering opinions. Con – NotContinue reading “State of the Blog, Awareness of the Outside World, Taking a Poll on a New Feature”

Random Images The world is vast & weird.   Awareness of the outside world. Operating costs can be hard to fund. Donors want their name on a building. People want to be associated with a particular project. It’s not sexy to pay salaries and buy tiger feed. ~~~ In my Virtual BreyerFest recap, I mentionedContinue reading “Virtual BreyerFest 2020, Haul I, Kentucky Horse Park Gift Shop”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. Run benefits Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement facility. BreyerFest Blog: The Gaelic Gallop! ~~~ Gaelic Gallop, the virtual 5K run associated with virtual BreyerFest. When I signed up, my walk was a virtual option of the IRL race during IRL BreyerFest. Come the day, everyone wasContinue reading “Strolling In The Park One Day, Walk Report, Gaelic Gallop 5K, Virtual BreyerFest 2020”

Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse.   Awareness of the outside world. Donation to the ACLU. If that constitutes virtue signaling, so be it. ~~~ Well, that didn’t take long. We are back on two bags of feed. Milton is back on ProElite Performance. We have ended the experiment to switch Milton over toContinue reading “Feed Change, Back To Where We Started”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. What the hell is happening in Portland. Unmarked cars?!? The symbolism is alarming. First they came … We must keep saying, Not Today. From Vox: The unmarked federal agents arresting people in Portland, explained, by Alex Ward, Jul 20,Continue reading “Our Continuing Quest For Normal, The Casual Trot”

Thoughts   Awareness of the outside world. Encyclopedia Britannica: Apollo 11 landing from PDI to Touchdown. YouTube. The historic video and audio with subtitles and explanatory captions. Chokes me up every time, “We copy you down …” ~~~ Another one to read in five years. I think a small part of me held tight toContinue reading “Mood on Monday, When This Is Over”