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Gardner Hard Luck Horse Farm

Heels down, chin up, soft hands, hard luck! A blog about equestrian misadventures!

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Summer Cloud Rolling In

Our neighbor who I’ll refer to as, Buffalo, because he owns two buffalo cows, a bull, and the cows just…

carriage driving, cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, farm life, horse driver, Horse Shows, horse training, miniature horses

Holy HyperBike!

So last week was extremely busy and disappointing. Darling Husband was helping out the Mustang Heritage Foundation at the Extreme…

carriage driving, cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, horse driver, horse training, HyperBike, miniature horses, Off Road, ponies

Parade Pony

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. “To A Mouse” by Robert Burns 1786. Story of…

Belton Chamber of Commerce, black stallion, carriage driving, cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, Fourth of July Parade, Horse Shows, horse training, miniature horses, Parade

Setbacks…It was a lousy day.

I had been struggling to find the motivation to push towards my next equestrian goals. (see my previous post) Then,…

carriage driving, cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, horse driver, Horse Shows, horse training

Burn Out…The Struggle is Real

As I wrote this post it felt like I was rambling. I’ve been working on it for several days, and…

cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, Horse, horse driver, Horse Show, horse training, ponies

A Tail of Two Ponies, A Case Study in Training…Days 16 through 20

This is the sixth installment of my pony training journal. For those of you just joining, you may want to…

carriage driving, cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, horse driver, horse training, miniature horses, ponies, Rescue Horses

Why Do I Put Myself Through This?

For one glorious hour, as I stood on a stool, plaiting yarn into my gelding’s mane for the second day…

equestrian, equestrian life, Horse, Horse Shows, horse training, Rescue Horses

A Tail of Two Ponies, A Case Study in Training…Days 13 through 15 Apple Jack

This is the fifth installment of my pony training journal. For those of you just joining, you may want to…

carriage driving, cart pony, equestrian, equestrian life, horse training, miniature horses, ponies

Hard Luck at the Horse Show…

I’ll start out this post by saying someone at the show asked me why I hadn’t shared a blog post…

Competition, equestrian, Horse Shows, horse training, Hunt Seat, Mom Life, Western Pleasure

Beau Pony Strikes Again

My blog was beginning to feel a little bit boring. It’s been a while since I’ve had any pony misdeeds…

equestrian, equestrian life, farm life, horse training, miniature horses, ponies, Rescue Horses

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