by sarahhickner | Apr 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sometimes bad beginnings can have happy endings. Shortly after I got Dixie I went out to the barn and she had a gigantic cut on her face. It was right along the ridge of her cheek bone a couple inches below her left eye, about 3 inches long. It looked bad, but Mrs....
by sarahhickner | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today was a frustrating day. Thanks to weather, work, and locking my keys in the car Monday I haven’t been able to ride in nearly a week. That means my young horse has had nearly a week to lose all work ethic he may have previously gained. My trainer has been...
by sarahhickner | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
I mentioned before that it was time to move on from Henry. A lot of people don’t understand selling horses. It is hard to explain, but I think it really depends on where you are in life. Some people have the means to keep every horse they have ever...
by sarahhickner | Apr 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
My time had come. I walked on jello legs towards the chute my steer was waiting in. The steer turned his head to the side and we made eye contact as I lowered myself down onto his cream colored back. Justin secured my rope for me – it wraps around the...
by sarahhickner | Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The day of the camp horse show was the day I decided to sell my beloved horse Henry. He came to me without any barrel training, but he was FAST! Well, no matter how hard I tried, we just could not make it work on the barrels. The tricky thing about barrel racing is...
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