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Dozens of rodeo horses are dead after their treating veterinarian says they consumed feed that may have been tainted with monensin.

"Much is known about what has happened here that cannot yet be told," the veterinarian said. "But the bottom line on this story is that it’s an important one to tell, so this never happens to anyone else. I will say this: Never buy horse feed from a mill that makes cattle feed. Period. Please quote me on that. Every horse that ate this feed is dead."

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We took Lares on a little field trip Friday. He’s growing up!

So happy for Julio!!! This score is from Aachen. He has been so focused and determined for years for this Olympic dream and competing on the international scale. I can’t wait to see how he does in the Olympics! It will be definitely be exciting. It is also very exciting for Ecuador because they are not usually so high in the rankings when they compete internationally.

Casey Gibson took me out to Lake Robinson for my first paddle board experience. What a great day! Beautiful weather and we were walking in the front door when the storms blew in. Perfect timing! Thanks, Casey💕

I guess it is no secret I have been working to get my Gold Medal. It has come with a lot of super hard work for years and years. Gandolf can do everything on the test but can he do it well enough? I am not sure at this point. It is very frustrating and disappointing at times but I realized recently where I am going wrong. I heard the song “Kind and Generous” by Natalie Merchant the other day and realized that I have lost sight of how much up to this point this horse, Gandolf, has done for me to get me here from just his generosity of spirit and how grateful I should be for just that. And I am.
So we’ll keep chipping away at it and if we get it, awesome. If not, that’s ok and I am forever grateful for how he got me to this point. He certainly didn’t have to but he did.

Richard Gere - Gere bought his Appy, Drukpa, sight unseen after a friend’s recommendation just before filming Sommersby. The 8-year-old gelding had previously been used as a turnback horse at the rodeos held in Saratoga, New York. Drukpa was Gere’s first horse.
“I brought him down to Virginia where we were shooting. The production had built a Civil War-era town in the middle of a national forest, complete with fields and a stable. So, I just left Drukpa in the paddock there. When I had a 10-minute break, I just saddled him up and took off! It was a perfect situation.”
Drukpa and Richard became lifelong pals after that trip.
“This big Appy follows me around like a dog,” he said during an interview. “First horses are like your first girlfriend. You never forget.”

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Emma Peek, making us all look like amateurs

Just when you think you've seen it all! 🤣

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The struggle is real! 🐴🙈

Meet Wallace the first mule to win the British dressage
With British Dressage and Wallace's adoring fans behind them, Wallace and Christie geared up for their first official British Dressage test at a competition in Gloucester. And when the moment came, Wallace absolutely shone, scoring 67.6% and beating eight horses and ponies to take out first prize!

I can see so much going wrong with this 😂

Alice Sisty-cowgirl bronc and bull rider and double Roman horse rider. 1906-1953
Alice Sisty grew up in a well to do New Jersey home, not far from a racetrack owned by her grandfather.
Alice Sisty once rode a horse from Reno to her New Jersey home. On her trek of 3,000 miles, she sometimes slept outdoors in isolated locations. After the national publicity of her ride, she joined Miller’s 101 Ranch Wild West Show. Later, she also rode bulls and broncs and performed trick riding at rodeos.
After months of training, in 1936 she became the first woman in rodeo history to perform 2-horse Roman riding jumps. For over 15 years, she was one of the top female rodeo stars and won numerous bronc ridings as well as all-around cowgirl titles.
The car she jumped was her own, one of only 205 model 810/812 convertibles made by Auburn Automobile Company during 1936-37. Front-wheel drive and retractable headlights were among its features.
She was married FOUR times! At age 17 in 1923, Alice Sisty eloped with Allen Zook, a Harvard graduate, after knowing him only one week. In 1928, she obtained her divorce in Reno, probably because no state had more lax requirements for divorce than Nevada.
In 1929, Alice Sisty married Earl Sutton Jr., a rodeo contestant. In 1932, she married rodeo star and western showman Milt Hinkle, who was 25 years older, on horseback in an arena. In 1942, she married her fourth husband, Henning Sommer, who was nine years younger than her. She died in 1953 at age 47 after an extensive illness.

This gives me hope! More words of wisdom from my favorite trainer.

Carl Hester talks about Nip Tuck: "He will go through the Grand Prix in a snaffle and a pair of slippers, it is a very unusual horse. I know physically it is demanding for him, he’s got a long back, his hind legs were naturally always out, he didn’t really have a walk because he was so tight, he didn’t really have a canter because he was so tense and always trying to run off – and his trot had to be developed.”
“Everything that goes in a Grand Prix has helped make him a better horse. Once he learnt a canter pirouette, he started to take the weight back in canter, once he learnt to passage, the trot started to develop because before he had no lift, no nothing. It has just been a great lesson for me and I am delighted that I have been proved wrong, because it helps you in so many ways. It helps you as a trainer, because instead of saying to somebody, oh your horse is not good enough, now I say, well actually I tried this, I tried that, let’s see if we can develop something with your horse. Obviously on a personal level, every horse I get up to this level is a challenge for me, and that’s what I do it for. I love the opportunity to get a horse up to this level.”
Barney doesn't like the look of me!

Post rainy day fun 😂