It’s amazing how fast May has come. It seems like April just began. We just realized that the Natural Horsemanship Program (NHP) is about to start, and there’s been a lot of work over the weekend- making the whole property look presentable, finish writing all the plans for the NHP, and also receive a lot of emails and phone calls for people who want to sign up. We’ve been planning it all for quite a while now, and today came...

The transport of horses is a bit cruel, and many people want to stop the inhumane transport of horses meant for slaughter across state and international borders to be processed for human consumption. Celebrities and animal welfare group representatives joined lawmakers this week to urge congressional passage of twin bills that would prohibit this. In 2007 a combination of legislation and court rulings shuttered the last remaining horse...

The June 26 National Issues Forum presented by the American Horse Council (AHC) in Washington, D.C., will focus on “Reinvigorating the Horse Industry,” the organization said April 25. The forum is part of the AHC annual meeting scheduled for On June 24-27, the AHC will have it’s annual meeting, and the forum is part of it. Included in the meeting will be visits with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, a congressional reception, and a...

Oh happy day! All the fences are fixed and done! The paddock is now something that no horse will dare run through; The goat fences keep the goat where they should be, and not in our way; and finally the last horse pasture! Now it just needs a new gate because Lina jumped over it, and the goats also need a slimmer gate because they can fit through it. We needed all our not so good and damaged things fixed, and not just fences. Our porch, the...

Racing is quite a dangerous business for both horse and owner. And it certainly brings a lot of injuries retiring to young horses who are being put out there on the racetrack. This has happened to a 5-year old mare. Her name is Havre de Grace, and she will never race again, because of a tear to her ligament. This mare was also the 2011 reigning horse of the year. She retired with nine wins from 16 starts in her career. When she got injured she...