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Archive for December, 2010

I have to admit, January 1^st doesn't feel like the New Year to me.

Different cultures celebrate the new year at different times and I rather like the idea of celebrating in mid-April as Buddhists do. That's about the time when the snow is gone, the weather starts feeling warmer and the horse shows and trail rides start. But when it comes to setting goals and making plans, any day is a good day.

And it's a great time to look back at 2010. This past year I focused on taking dressage lessons. I didn't compete, but went with my daughter to several horse trials where she rode her own horse Sampler and my Trillium. I was a volunteer for the 2010 Canadian Distance Riding Championships which was a qualifying event for the 2010 WEG. It was a very exciting week-long event with competitors from around the globe.

Trillium has been telling me for sometime that she does not like trail riding. So my goals this year include showing dressage again, to purchase western tack so I can show western pleasure in a few local fall fairs and to continue clicker training her. My goal with the clicker training is to have her learn to load herself on our trailer. I also have a secret wish for a large Arabian to trail ride. My dream is to find one about 15.3 hands with lots of bone. But this may have to be a longer term goal as I work on some financial goals too!

What were the highlights of 2010 for you? Do you have plans for the year ahead? Leave your comments below.

Happy 2011! originally appeared on About.com Horses on Saturday, January 1st, 2011 at 03:53:11.

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I wish that all abused horses were like those mentioned at the very end of this New York Times story: Abandoned Horses Are Latest Toll of Drug Trade and were able to pursue their drug smuggling abusers. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. How we treat animals says so much about how we treat people. I'm not even sure what else to say about this. Leave your comments below.

The Plight of Horses Used in Drug Smuggling originally appeared on About.com Horses on Friday, December 31st, 2010 at 12:21:39.

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I ride a sorrel pony with a blaze and a flaxen mane named Cricket, But the only show names i have thought are good 4 him is A gift of gold and Nothing but Naughty any suggestions thnx :)

I was just wondering if its possible or if you have to do all this testing and stuff. I mean i can tell the difference between shetlands, Gypsy Vanners, Clydesdales and those other easy ones... but how can you tell the difference between some of the others?