Recent content by chicamuxen

I just wanted to spread the word about this trail riding event. Melwood Recreation Center with the help of SMTR is holding a judged pleasure ride AND non-judged pleasure ride at the Melwood Recreation Center. The Melwood Recreation Center location is 9035 Ironsides Road, Nanjemoy, Maryland...

Riders and Horse Lovers, it is that time again in Orkney Springs, Virginia. The historic and famous Old Dominion Endurance Rides main event is just a few weeks away. If you are a rider and are interested in competing please use this link: http://www.olddominionrides.org/ to find the entry...

There's a guy that's a farrier very near Stauffer's feed mill. Don't know if he's Mennonite or Amish. Ask at the feed mill or Loveville Leather. He should have old shoes. Bonnie

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I do like many Morgans, I owned a wonderful tall Morgan gelding some years ago and he was just a wonderful horse. I do want a short horse and light on their feet sort. I did however go look at a few mules! One was a half Arab but he hadn't been ridden...

I sure sounded pessimistic in my recent post. I realized that I had seen a couple of nicer horses that just weren't what I want. This horse hunting is just frustrating. When I quit looking the right one may just fall in my lap, or step on my toes. chicamuxen

See, when I read that ad it sound so phony and unreal to me. Didn't say what breed of horse, size, age, any of the things that any person would be wanting to know. Stallion and they don't even say what breed??? So far I've been pretty disappointed in the horses that I've looked at, little...

I have begun shopping for another horse. I have a semi-retired horse at home and need a younger horse to do more active riding on. What I am looking for: Mare or gelding, enjoyable personality that lives well with other horses, 14.3 -15.1 hands, 4-11 yrs old, SOUND for all types of use, smart...

Outback Leather in Laurel, can do a really decent job of fitting your saddle. does it the right way, doesn't just stuff wads of flocking into the little access holes. He'll open it up and completely reflock it. But you have to make an appt for him to see your horse and saddle together. chicamuxen

Tapeworms, can't be "checked" for and one of the most common causes of thin and big bellied. And a lot of folks don't treat for them regularly, some never do. Tapes are a very common cause of colic also. Do a deworming for tapes. chicamuxen

You say your TB is on a good deworming program, but is it really? No one program fits all horses all the time. For instance, how often is a Tape Worm dewormer given? Did you know that there is evidence of resistance to ivermectin now? Fecal tests taken at some large farms are showing that the...

I'm sure there would be lot's of people in SoMD that would like to try team penning. My riding buddy Joyce just organized the clinic for the riding club she belongs to. The owners of the Double Rock Farm are the pros and can be contacted at: Double Rock Farm, Inc...

A good friend has organized a Team Penning Clinic for beginners on June 28th, Sunday, at the Double Rock Farm in Rocky Ridge, MD Double Rock Farm Inc. HOME PAGE. This clinic will be for all of us who have always wanted to try team penning but didn't know how to get started. Beginners or novices...

Endurance Riding If you think that endurance rides or competitive trail rides looks interesting then come to the Old Dominion Endurance Rides March 14 seminar. We have equine/endurance vets, and trainers speaking about endurance and sport horse training and care. There is a vendor who will have...

Hello Riders! Interested in learning more about the sport of endurance riding? Want to brush up on Sport Horse lameness issues? The Old Dominion Endurance Rides is hosting an information-packed indoor seminar on March 14 in Vienna that will be well worth attending no matter what your...

At the large farm that I boarded at for years they had one field that was used for grazing and hay, all the rest of the hay fields were for strickly hay use. The hay fields produced significantly more bales per acre than the pasture/hay field. The farm manager told me that using the field for...