Mardi Gras Parades, A Guest Post

A friend from my three-dimensional life, Michelle Duplichien, makes an annual pilgrimage to Mississippi &/or Louisiana for Mardi Gras. This year, she was kind enough to take pictures of the horses she saw there. Welcome, Michelle. It was February 17th and very, very, very, cold. There were two riding groups in this particular series ofContinue reading “Mardi Gras Parades, A Guest Post”

Show Tweets: Pro Am 2015

Hi Mom! — Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) April 2, 2015 I know my mom reads my show tweets (waves hi!). Therefore, I thought this would be a nice way to signal the start of a tweet series. A bookend to the “Home safe” message. Horse show food shopping now requires 2 stores. The first has Glucerna,Continue reading “Show Tweets: Pro Am 2015”

Show Today: ASAC, Clemson, SC

The annual show by the American Saddlebred Association of the Carolinas. In 2013, this was my first big ASB show [Report]. I didn’t go last year [Pix], because no state points. Still true. However now that I am driving, I can enter 6 classes at this show! My show strategy for this year, lifted straightContinue reading “Show Today: ASAC, Clemson, SC”

All Hail Augustus Invictus, A Guest Post

This was the post that got me thinking about model horse showing. Welcome Beth. How A Billboard In Vienna Helped Win A Ribbon In Atlanta: The Wonderful Craziness of Model Horse Shows by Beth Patterson My name is Beth and I’m an addict. I’m addicted to plastic ponies. Not the ones from youth with theContinue reading “All Hail Augustus Invictus, A Guest Post”

El Palomino Ranch, Guest Photo

Palomino Ranch Hotel El Remate, Peten, Guatemala This one comes as a standalone. I think it works without words. Imagine what it would be like to visit there. Imagine what it would be like to keep your horses there. More international horse culture, courtesy of Ellen: Nepali Pack Ponies, A Guest Post Living Digitally: FundraisingContinue reading “El Palomino Ranch, Guest Photo”

Meet Rodney

The UK version. Rodney lives at Church Farm Livery Stables, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire. He shares his life with Ros Dobson, whose Twitter description reads: Equine Professional, A Groom and Instructor for over 20 Years, supervised by Jack Russells! @rosddobson. Read more about his life and friends on Rodney’s Page. His new wingman is Buddy. TheyContinue reading “Meet Rodney”