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  • join a Martin Black clinic 2024

    join a Martin Black clinic 2024

    Come and join me, and some friends, as we ride with Martin on the Shoofly Ranch and up onto the BLM land, where you can see and ride for endless miles.

  • the best boarding facility

    the best boarding facility

    Since my first horse purchase, I have only boarded at four different facilities, the first was the longest time frame, almost ten years. I addition to facilities I have kept my own horses at, I have also visited many more. Interestingly, I heard the owner of one facility (not one I have boarded at or…

  • karens and horses

    karens and horses

    There may be three types of “Karens” those who sleep with a riding crop in one hand and quirt in the other, then there are those who think horses should be fed a steady diet of carrots and wear three blankets in the winter time. Oh and the third type – they are guys! When…

  • Charlotte Dujardin cruelty or normalized behaviour?

    Charlotte Dujardin cruelty or normalized behaviour?

    When I first saw the video, I felt a stiffening through my body as most viewers did. But then asked myself, “in the world of Charlotte Dujardin was this behaviour cruel or normal?”. In 2015 I had (regrettably) loaned my horse to a friend in order that her young daughter might attend a so called…

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