Chico Once in a while, we would buy back a horse we’d previously sold. We always appreciated, when owners at least gave us the option to do so. It never happened very often, but when I got the call that Manny, a gelding I had sold was
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The Bigger They Are The bigger horses are, the harder you fall, for them. At least that’s what seems to happen here. There’s something incredibly endearing about Draft horses. They usually have a gentleness about them that’s as big as they are. Tom was that horse. He
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More Mayphil When you own Morgan horses, you soon learn that you are working with a curious mind. Mayphil was just like her papa. She had to check out everything. If there was a knot, she undid it. If a gate was closed, she checked to see
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The Bear Facts I’m afraid of bears. There, I’ve said it. Those large, furry beasts with big, powerful claws and teeth, scare me. Even when I’m up on a horse, bears make me nervous. To have one around the yard, makes me very jumpy indeed. At least
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The Trouble with Tyler It was my strict policy, or somewhat strict policy, to not keep geldings. Geldings don’t make sense on a breeding farm. They take up pasture space that a productive mare or stallion, could be using. That corral, that pasture, the time spent, could
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