With only 3 horses in the barn, we have been considering an addition or two, but weren’t looking seriously. About a week and a half ago, we found out distance riding friend Diana Murphy was considering selling her Arabian gelding, Milo. It turns out, Milo is from Dinkelmann Arabians in GA. Anna and I went…
Well, Mojo has been through the ringer this year. He’s struggled with some arthritis, a possible locking stifle, as well as chronic Lyme and now this week was diagnosed with severe ulcers! After the Pine tree endurance ride where he was pulled for lameness, we had our vet out and pulled some blood, because in…
This post is the story of our week at the Pinetree Endurance ride this year. The post was delayed by life happenings and the lack of photos (we didn’t take that many and the ride photographer was also busy with life and didn’t post the last day until this past weekend). We traveled up to…
On Thursday evening Amanda and Quinn went to set up at the 2025 Windham 4-H Fair. Quinn is now aged out of 4-H but still stays involved and helping out. Friday afternoon Amanda and Quinn drove the goats over to the fair and checked them in. Amanda brought 6 goats. Amanda was also the super…
This post is in memory of Hedgehog Hollows American Eagle aka Huey 4/7/2001-7/23/2025. In May 2013, we moved into our current house. Amanda turned 3. A good friend told us about a Dartmoor farm in MD that was downsizing and had some ponies for sale. One of those ponies was Hedgehog Hollow’s American Eagle, aka,…
Last weekend we went to the Maine Firecracker Endurance Ride. We drove up to Waterford, ME on Friday and rode 30 miles on Saturday. I put on my big girl panties and rode SA Fiona, Amanda rode JJ and Alex rode Mojo in the 30 LD. Rob crewed for us and Quinn was at home…
At 0300 on Wednesday, June 25th, Rob and Amanda pulled out of the driveway with Mojo on the trailer headed to Maryland for a week. The Old Dominion Equestrian Endurance Organization has been putting on Junior/Young Rider clinics for quite a few years. We wanted the kids to participate in 2023, but the scheduling just…
I love horses. Growing up I was a barn rat at a riding stables in Sweden and my favorite horse was a chestnut gelding named Van-Toomen. His sire was a racing TB and his dam a Swedish Warmblood. US people would maybe call him a warmblood, but “over there” he was a TB x. He…
WARNING! POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC PICTURES! Well, if you think it’s been quiet on the horse front, it really hasn’t been quiet. We had some plans to make it to some late season rides, but JJ ended up with a massive leg wound at the end of August. Today, with Amanda home from school, was the…
Anna and I took SA Jeeka’s Jessica (JJ) and SA Fiona to Vermont to participate in the North American Shagya-Arabian Society (NASS) inspections and evaluation program. The consistent quality of the Shagya-Arabian breed has been maintained by a rigorous commitment to breed standards, including the requirement that all potential breeding horses be inspected and approved…