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The Colt Cam Chronicle

March 21, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

This week as I rode, I realized a couple things: 1. despite my work at becoming more ambidextrous I'm still very right side dominant. 2. which ...

Turn Around

February 25, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

Riding a turn around in black and white: What you should notice about the above photo is how the horse's jaw is tucked up and under, and he's ...

The Colt Cam Chronicles

February 13, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

Here's another installment in our colt cam chronicles! I put ride #13 on Fridge yesterday. We basically just chased Avie around. I gain more ...

Self Awareness through the Horse

January 24, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 11 Comments

I was supposed to head to Texas on Tuesday to run at my favorite barrel race. BUT Avie turned up sore, my tennis elbow isn't cooperating, and as such, ...

The Colt Cam Chronicles

January 10, 2014 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 1 Comment

Right before Christmas I posted a video of my 5th ride on my colt, Fridge. I ran a little contest to see what we would call the videos I'll post of ...

The 5th Ride on Fridge

December 19, 2013 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 8 Comments

We're just marching right along with my pretty coming 3yo colt, Fridge. I actually have 5 colts to start this winter, and I'd like a catchy title for ...

First Rides

September 27, 2013 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 1 Comment

It's been a few years since I've put a first ride on one of my own colts (one I raised out of my mares). The last one I started was Dolce, and she's ...

How’s Your Horsemanship?

September 5, 2013 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 2 Comments

I got some great comments the other day on my "Riding with Buck" Post. So I thought I'd go into detail about those in separate posts. I should ...

Riding with Buck

August 14, 2013 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ 9 Comments

I better get this written now before I forget what I want to say and or, I just flat don't have time. I got home from the clinic yesterday, and I'm ...