Stifles, their importance in rolling, and Woody’s impression of bute. A story in 3 parts.

So as I mentioned on my blog yesterday, Woody was given the A-OK by the vet.  So Monday night I adjusted the tree on my super fantastic Albion dressage saddle and went to work…
And proceeded to almost get thrown in the dirt. 
Woody was really good for like 20 minutes, and I was getting [...]

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Woody meets the vet

So This past Thursday the vet came out to give Sir Woods a once over.  With the head shaking and the bucking and the hey-hey, we figured a check on the teeth, the back, and just a good once over would be in order.  Like I said in my last post, there’s no use getting [...]

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Mea Culpa

I have no ‘new’ pictures of woody, and I feel the need to lead with pictures (they’re like the crack of the horse world).  So here, for your viewing pleasure, is a series of pictures of me, in New Orleans, on a mechanical bull.
    
I first must apologize for my slackerness as of late.  I [...]

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OTTBs… some are trained

Word to Betsy…
Obligatory cute picture to start off the post:

And a preface.  While this blog is mostly about Woody, I will occasionally talk about Ozzy and that grieving process.  It’s kind of part and parcel for me.  I hope y’all will oblige.
So today, despite me being patient zero for the first bird to human transmission [...]

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Woody on the longe goes round and round

After Woody’s display during our last ride I decided he would be a bit more teachable if I longed him the next few times we worked. As I said earlier, he wasn’t nasty or even REALLY dangerous, but he did get a little spastic.  I like to assign tv/movie characters to the animals in my life.  For [...]

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It’s a big world out there…

And Woodford thinks it can be, at times, a little overwhelming.

So yesterday I decided it was time to take Woods out of his little paddock while I was riding him.  We warmed up in the paddock first, and he was a super star.  I actually saw an outside corner of an inside eye, and at [...]

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My and Woody’s First Ride

This day at the barn was so chock full of good stuff I don’t know where to start, I mean besides with that picture, cause if you have a picture like that you’d be insane not to lead with it. 
First, My mom came out to the barn with me, which ALWAYS makes me happy.  She’s the bees [...]

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Vidal Sassoon I am not

Today Woody and I continued, what was supposed to be, the beautification process.  Most of this involved more pulling of his mane.  I have come to a very important realization. 
Like plucking my eyebrows, I am not to be trusted when pulling a horse’s mane.  See, when I pluck my own eyebrows, I sort of space [...]

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Nothing new to Report…

But i did (of course) take some more pictures when I went out to see His Gimpiness yesterday.  He’s still really sore, but remains in good spirits.  He has the sweetest attitude. 
So without further delay.

 
And the only picture that comes close to a confo shot that I’ve gotten.  It’s hard to get a side shot [...]

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I would like to print a retraction

In my first post, I believe I said Woods wasn’t very stoic.  In the spirit of honest journalism and in fairness to Woody, I must correct this falsehood.
When I got to the barn yesterday my friend told me that Woody was almost three legged when she brought him in that morning.  She picked out his [...]

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