by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 13, 2019 | Horsing Around
I had an epiphany while driving home from the barn today. It’s not required that every post on my website be deeply insightful, or provide a tutorial on writing. I can take a leaf from my posts on Facebook and make this a good deal more casual. So here is a little story about horses. Who are magical and wonderful, and I love them very much. And they are also astoundingly stupid and fearful. Though I guess it’s hard to blame them, they are prey animals. Anyway, I went out to ride...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 8, 2013 | Horsing Around
Here is Fuego XII in his amazing freestyle performance at the WEG in 2010. He’s an Andalusian rather than a Lusitano, but you get a real sense of the Spanish horses and how the good ones move and look. Fuego Wows the Crowd
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jan 1, 2013 | Horsing Around
I love my new horse. Elli is not the trickster that Vento can be, but she shares his calm, good sense. Today I introduced her to the indoor arena, and let her have a run and buck. It took a little while to get to run and buck because she put her head at my shoulder, and wouldn’t leave my side for several minutes. I was the one stable (ha ha, get that, works on several levels) thing in her universe. Eventually she went off to have a roll and run, buck and trot. She was fine with the...
