Horses Blog Posts

Movement. Soaring on hooves Across the prairie Landing in your chest. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to share a photo- I enjoy twisting these macro prompts to share our micro life here on the Colorado … Contin...

Many dog people also happen to be horse people (or vice versa), and a few readers have asked me to keep an eye out for more horse deals! Here’s a sweet one from Manna Pro: Join the Manna Pro Tell-a-Friend Program and they will send you $20 in h...

While on vacation in Colorado Springs, we visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. This particular zoo is known for having the largest giraffe herd of any zoo in the world. According to this sign, the giraffes were getting too big. Starting that week, they...

 Horses have been a key part of our culture ever since they civilized us centuries ago- in everything from transportation to agriculture to art. Why do horses do it? Why do they volunteer to be with us? What is in … Continue reading →...

It was bound to happen sooner or later. The Teen Diva declared her new found passion and must do summer adventure. She wants to take riding lessons. Although we are, without a doubt, city folks, my children have enjoyed exposure to benefits of b...

It starts pretty much the same way for most of us: One day we see a horse. He’s beautiful and free, with an improbable balance of pride and humility. He seems comfortable with his perfection. Most people can just go … Continue reading ...

The heart of the homestead! Living in a rural setting as this, our horses are used to just hearing the sounds of nature. The sounds of the birds, the frogs, the owls or coyotes at night. None of those sounds scare them at all. They are comfortable...

Today: A million tomorrow shall all pass away, ‘ere I forget all the joy that is mine, today.  -lyrics by John Denver We have each other- and that’s plenty. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly prompt to … Continue re...

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This clinic will be a fun day with interesting activities for you and your horse. And come even if you don’t bring a horse, auditing is fun, and lunch is included. A few trainers and professionals are coming together for … Continue readin...

Horses in the race are: 1. Passionate Lady 2. Bare Belly 3. Silk Panties 4. Conscience 5. Jockey Shorts 6. Clean Sheets 7. Thighs 8. Big Johnson 9. Heavy Bosum 10. Merry Cherry They’re At the Post:  They’re off! Conscience … Contin...

I have no sense of humor about arena footing. None. Let me start here: I don’t consider a plowed up area in the pasture necessarily the same as an arena with footing. A plowed area is kind of like chocolate … Continue reading →...

Horses in the race are: 1. Passionate Lady 2. Bare Belly 3. Silk Panties 4. Conscience 5. Jockey Shorts 6. Clean Sheets 7. Thighs 8. Big Johnson 9. Heavy Bosum 10. Merry Cherry They’re At the Post:  They’re off! Conscience … Contin...

I suspect all animals, two-footed and four-footed, have some type of inbuilt dislike to learning something new. The easiest learning is unconscious learning, of the sort a baby picks up from its mother. Conscious learning engenders negative reactions...

 A different kind of blue eye: not blue- the color, and not blue- the emotion. Silver blue like a dream of contentment and harmony. The color blue is linked to consciousness and intellect, peace and spirituality. So I guess blue … Continue rea...

We all love a good thunderstorm here at Infinity Farm. This spring is dry and I’m remembering a great storm last year. When the rain stopped, my two younger horses rolled and ran, ran and rolled- it’s hard to have … Continue reading...

Horse in field handbag by Lynn Lyndall with peridot beadsIn honor of Kentucky Derby Day, today's post features horse related fine crafts at the Gallery.  Lyn Lyndall creates her amazing leather handbags from beginning to end herself.  She c...

I know that pony owners resort to all sorts of solutions to cope with horses that crib. Based on my own lengthy personal experience, I discuss some effective strategies to cure your horse of cribbing. These methods have near perfect success rates.

My hay guy got a new truck- a pristine dually in a pearlized-platinum color, with near Porsche-like lines. That big diesel engine hums like a finely tuned tank.  If Tony Soprano had a truck, it would look like this. I … Continue reading →...

The path along the front fence line. The fence line along the front of our paddock used to be right up to the tree line. My husband moved it back since the horses don't really need all that room. Since we have these little trees developing out fron...