Flying Free!



There is nothing like the feeling of being on the back of a horse as one, galloping in an open field! they say a picture speaks a 1000 words, so I leave you with that.

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Riding in the Fall
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A lthough summer is my season, I do enjoy the vibrant colors of fall. It is a pretty loud reminder that winter is around the corner (brrrrr), but it has to be the most picturesque view mother nature has to offer all year round!

As most of you know, my favorite thing to do is trail ride and I have been doing a lot of that this past summer with many different horse friends, but mostly with my riding partner, Nancy.

It had been raining all morning and the day before, but the sun decided to stick it's bright face out so we decided we'd get a ride in. Nancy, myself, Heather and Sally and our trusty mounts get ready for an afternoon ride that would offer the brisk cool air of fall along with it's colors of gold, brown and yellow.

unfortunately, a down pout quickly reminded us of just in control mother nature is of our daily plans. Sally and I were still tacking up in the barn, but pour (pun intended haha) Nancy and Heather had started the trek down to the barn to meet us. As we waited patiently for the rain to stop or slow down, these two poor cowgals and their mounts were soaked to right through.

The pour didn't' last long and off we went. It was a three hour ride in total, not as long as we normally do, but nonetheless, still the only therapy that I'll ever need.

With winter fast approaching, I plan to get in as many trail rides as I can. Although, I still ride in the winter, we don't' get to venture off too far with the amount of snow we do get living in the North.

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New Liskeard Fall Fair

September in New Liskeard Ontario is an exciting time for horse enthusiasts. Whether you are into heavy, light or mini horses, there is something for all at the New Liskeard Fall Fair!

Thursday starts of with the heavy/light horse pull. Friday hosts the line classes, including children's costume, halter and showmanship for both light and heavy horses as well as mounted games and western games in the evening. Saturday includes the western riding, English riding and jumping and then the heavy and light horses on wagons etc!

I was fortunate enough to be hired as the weekend photographer for the horse events and it was definitely a very exciting and educational weekend for myself. I had decided not to show since I had done enough throughout the summer, so as a photographer, I was there with a whole different prospective.

The great part about being the photographer is I was invited to be in the ring with all classes and all judges. That entitled me to some pretty privileged information as a rider! I learned so much from both Judges, (light and heavy) as well as the ring Stewarts and other horse people.

So many beautiful horses, and some amazing and talented riders were captured on photo. If you didn't get your print outs of your photos, they are available as well as CDs with all photos of the class you participated in at the following link: New Liskeard Fall Fair Photos.

As much as I was thankful to be the photographer and enjoyed meeting all the new people, next year, I will be a participant and hope that someone else is there to capture our moments on photo.

Ride with the wind @
www.equinenorth.net