Posts under ‘Riding Horses’

My neighbor, Tyler, and I ride horses for hours almost every afternoon when he gets home from school.  I take turns riding Ladd and my sister’s horse, Dolly.  We ride all over our ranch and even in surrounding pastures and woods with permission of course.
Last Saturday I was riding Dolly and Tyler was riding the [...]

Our tickets from Ryan Gray and Jason Havens were awesome!  We sat behind the chutes.  We could see them warm-up and stretch.  And, we watched Ryan advance to the finals.
Jason was knocked down to sixth place with one of the last rides of the night.  We were sad for him, but he was such a [...]

Sunday afternoon was an exciting time for me after church.  My PawPaw and Grandma had met some bareback riders at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo earlier that week.  My PawPaw used to ride bareback before my mom was born.  Anyway, my grandparents invited these two cowboys to our ranch for a day of fishing.
I [...]

Watching nature is very interesting.  The behavior of horses is one thing that I have been watching lately.
I told you about our horse, Commander.  Since he has been here on our ranch, he has been at the bottom of the totem pole with the other horses.  They kicked at him, bit at him, etc.
As far [...]

Can you say “BRRRRR!!?”  Man, last Saturday was extremely cold.  It was overcast the entire day.  There was a stiff breeze that sent the just above freezing weather straight through your body.
I had blue jeans and chaps to cover my legs.  I had my Posse uniform on, which consists of a long-sleeved shirt and vest.  [...]

Oh, how I wish I had a few thousand dollars!! I know exactly what I would buy.  Can you guess what it is?  That’s right, a horse.
His name is Bojangles.  He is a bay gelding.  Bojangles will do anything that ask him to do.
Last Saturday, I rode him all over the ranch.  We traveled with [...]

The first three Saturdays of December is parade season around here.  On the first Saturday, Navasota hosted its annual Christmas Parade.  It is different than the other parades because it occurs at night.  A parade in the dark is pretty with Christmas lights on floats, but on horseback it is not the most fun.  Horses [...]

Of the nine horses we have on the ranch, two of these are colts.  You have to ride a colt differently than you ride a broke horse.  This is because the colts are not trained as well, especially to neck reining.
Neck reining is when you direct a horse by the feel of the reins on [...]

We all know that humans are hot-blooded and snakes are cold-blooded animals.  But, did you know that horses can be either?  Not in the same way, though.
Hot-blooded horses can be really wild.  They buck, jump around, try to bite you when you are riding, etc.  They are not easy riders.  You have to ride them [...]

It was a blazing hot Sunday afternoon.  Sweat was dripping off my face as I was standing in the middle of the round pen.  PawPaw and I were watching my sister, Kyla, ride Ladd.  She was doing a good job trotting around the pen.  Then all of a sudden, Ladd reared up and started crow-hopping.  [...]