January 3, 2019
Buy A Horse, Lose Your Mind
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I got ahead of myself a bit, but I've had "young horse ponderings" on my mind a lot. I will backtrack now, though, because I ...
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December 27, 2018
A 4 Yr Old Is Not The Same As A 6 Yr Old
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Y'all. Not even close. You are permitted to laugh. I do. Encore was halfway through his sixth year when I got him . He was a sens...
December 23, 2018
Somebody Bet On The Bay: Solo Finds A New Friend
This time of year is hard for me: ghosts do not respect pleas for quiet or mercy. I mostly just hunker down & grit my teeth until it...
December 7, 2018
Encore Moves On
A lot can change in a year. Longtime readers know that Encore's sport career was declared officially over in March of 2016, with the d...
November 25, 2018
Something Good Happened
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It's been so long since I've said those words out loud, I have to say them again. Something good happened. And it looked like thi...