Alone with Guaranteed

Click here to read about this month's second most memorable ride.

Stealth's stifle

I ride a lot of other people's horses, and I take the responsibility of that seriously. Breaking someone else's horse is one of my biggest life fears. Earlier this month, I thought I'd broken Stealth. I didn't, but wow, that was a bad twenty minutes.

Erin's polo tack

Click here to read an actual tackmaking post.

More results

Click here to read about the regular performance divisions at the Why the Chicken Crossed the Road Photo Show.

Results

My ponies did really well at Danielle Feldman's Why the Chicken Crossed the Road Photo Show. Click here to read about my Halter and Creativity Challenge placings.

Another cow for my dad

I miss my Dad every day, but June is especially hard. 

Eleanor Harvey's diorama

My coverage of the BreyerFest Diorama Contest was disrupted by the crash, but thankfully, I still have this great guest post from Eleanor about her really fun entry. Click here to read all about it.

Small catastrophes

My computer crashed and took my entire life with it. Click here to read the whole sad story.

BreyerFest Diorama Contest entries, part three

Click here to see some of the BreyerFest Diorama Contest's "twins" and "triplets."

BreyerFest Diorama Contest entries, part two

Click here to see another fantastic group of entries for the BreyerFest Diorama Contest.

BreyerFest Diorama Contest entries, part one

Click here to see some of the amazing entries in the BreyerFest Diorama Contest.

Norm Brown

On the Father's Day, I'm remembering not just my own dad, but also my second dad, Norm Brown.

More pictures from yesterday

Yesterday was a really fun friend, dog, cat and horse filled day. Click here to see all the pictures.

Helix of Solstice

My friend, Teresa, got a new horse, and he is fantastic. Click here to see lots more pictures.

BCC Finishwork

Click here to see some of the entries in the large and amazing BreyerFest Best Customs Contest Excellence in Finishwork category.

BCC Performance

Click here to see some of the Performance entrants for this year's BreyerFest Best Customs Contest.

BCC Theme

Click here to see some of the entries for this year's BreyerFest Best Customs Contest Theme class.

Shana Bobbitt's BCC entry

I love dogs as much as I love horses, so I really love this neat entry from Shana Bobbitt. Click here to read all about it.

BCC Most Extreme Custom

Click here to see another amazing group of entries from the BreyerFest Best Customs Contest.

BCC Fantasy

Click here to see more of the entries in the Fantasy category of this year's BreyerFest Best Customs Contest.

Kira Matrejek's BCC entry

Click here to see another "fantastic" BreyerFest Best Customs Contest entry. 

Erin Corbett's BCC entry

 Click here to read about perhaps the most unique entry in this year's BreyerFest Best Customs contest.

Darynn Benardczyk's BCC entry

 Click here to see another fantastic BCC entry.

Vincent Lange's BCC entry

Vincent's BCC (and performance) debut is amazing and spectacular even by his own amazing and spectacular standards. Click here to see more pictures.

Lauren Wood's BCC entry

What does it take to make your entry stand out in the BreyerFest Best Custom Contest? How about a sixty six pound block of resin? Click here to see all that resin and the rest of Lauren's entry in the Most Extreme category.

Erika Isbell's BCC entry

I fell in love with the Mitosis Twins last year, and now they're back and better than ever. Click here to see more pictures.

Ruth Sheridan's BCC entry

Ruth Sheridan hit it out of the park with her BCC entry and this awesome guest post. Click here to see them both.

This old horse

Tiffany says Dun Up Purdy is old and needs to be retired. I disagree. Click here to see how much this old horse can do.

Make every entry count

Show prep continues. Click here to see how to make a Western Pleasure horse competitive in the English section.

Emma is a Pit Bull

I assumed there'd be some surprises when I had my dogs' DNA testing, but still, I never saw this one coming. Click here to see their full results.

Harness the power

If you want to do well in performance, you need to embrace all the classes, even the ones with too many straps. Click here to see pictures of my harness renovation.

Tall grass

Every year Mary Jo and I take at least one set of "out of scale grass" reference photos. Click here to see this year's batch.

Rose Bowl Riders

Visiting Rose Bowl Riders with Katy Niles was one of the highlights of my recent trip to California. Click here to see all the pictures.

2015 called and it wants its piles back

Remember stacking? It's baaaaaaaaack (at least for one day).

The long game

Performance showing on a budget is one hundred percent doable, provided you're patient. Click here to read about my bargain cow collection that has been twenty years in the making.

More wild donkeys

We crossed paths with a band of nine feral donkeys on our way home from California. Click here to see photos.