Horses & Other Interests
Getting back to SSF trips for Milton. In the small ring, he’s awesome: relaxed, rideable, unflappable. In other places, he is still awesome, but more dubious.
He prefers the semi-enclosed, covered ring to the fenced-in, coverless big ring.
He prefers both to being outside of a ring.
This is problematic creates a learning opportunity for a horse whose dancecard includes marathon and cross-country.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Rodney
Sat on a few times. Tense. Back on a short course of stomach meds [All Better. For Now.]. Milton’s surgery stressed the entire household – well, perhaps not cats & dogs; definitely the horses & the people.
Found a possible instructor for Rodney. Need to pull socks up to the point that I am ready for a lesson.
Blog
Expect short posts for a while. Still not much to say. Progress occureth, but of the slow, methodical kind, i.e. exciting for participants; snoozefest for onlookers. Again, I thought about a break [Horses of NYC 2017]. But no. Despite the continuing low narrative content, I don’t want to quit:
1) The blog has reached a certain level of habit and momentum. Don’t want to interrupt that.
b) The batshit-crazy angle is still valid [I’m Baaaaaack … With Camera].
3 or c) The side projects have intriguing potential:
Stamps – recently joined a bunch of new associations [Year of the Stamp,
My First Stamp Show].
Photo – the next photo class has actual photo assignments [Foto Friday: Photo Class Without The Photos].
Lettering – have stockpiled at least half an alphabet’s worth of books for lettering [Y is for Yoors].
Road to World Cup – want to read the next installment [Road to the World Cup: Three-Gaited & Five-Gaited. Guest Post].
Bottom line – blog is going well; now I have to do some riding worth writing about.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Champion City
Gallopalooza 2009
SPONSOR: City of St. Matthews
ARTIST: Cean Martine
4600 Bowling Blvd, 40207 (Arthur K. Draut Park)
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The City of St. Matthews Gallopalooza horse, dubbed “Champion”, a high stepping standardbred (Saddlebred RS) … blanketed with a map of St. Matthews that drapes the horse, this artistic piece details prominent street names and local markers, along with a random collection of vintage photos placed near appropriate locations on the map … local artist Cean Martine … is a printmaker and a believer in community and public art … is quoted as stating that she wanted the horse to be “bright, cheerful and festive”.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
As soon as you enter the hotel, you will see the famed horse, Sunshine. This paper-mache horse stood in front of the old Kahle Saddlery Shop for over 79 years, a store that Wyatt Earp himself frequented. When it was eventually demolished, the horse was stored till it found a new home in the lobby of the Horton Grand Hotel.
California Through My Lens – Horton Grand Hotel: A Haunted, Historic San Diego Hotel
Horton Grand Hotel: Our History
Downtown San Diego News – Horton Grand Hotel: Then and now
[Enlarged photo with more readable text of H.O.R.S.E. sign]
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Travel photos now. Back to horse news later.
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I was here …
… saw this …
… went for a closer look.
The metal barriers in the middle photo are blocking off part of the street. After a few minutes, the two riders went into the empty space and marched up and down for a photo shoot. I never did find out why.
I watched for a while.
All of New York City at my feet, and I spend 20 minutes looking at horses.
Yup.
Time for me to go home.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Spotted working the crowd while the home team idles.
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I finally got my horse to Madison Square Garden.
Bucket List – Accomplished
I am grateful for having … Ridden at the National Horse Show … I’m not bitter about the fact that I rode in the National the first year it moved from New York City to New Jersey. Really. Not bitter at all.
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Spotted filling the gap while horses – and people – get back to work after Milton’s surgery.
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I’ve been wanting to see these murals in person ever since I saw them online [T-Shirts for the Barn]. NYC Subway – Artwork: Alice: The Way Out (Liliana Porter) Finding NYC – Subway Station Art: 50th Street Station
Fearless Girl & Bull photo originally appeared in New York Cliché, Guest Post: Born and Raised a New York Native….But Now? [In Which I Reblog Myself].
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In transit
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
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