Category Archives: The Write Horse

Why I pony

By Patty Wilber I like to ride in the back country and I like to pack, so I need horses that will pony. In truth, I guess I don’t actually love packing, but it is useful to have horses that … Continue reading

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Double Adventure!

By Patty Wilber On Mother’s Day, Jim, Richard and me did a a little 13 mile round-trip jaunt in the Sandia Mountains, almost to South Peak, for Back Country Horsemen.  We transported some of the water (there are no good … Continue reading

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Rip gets some points

By Patty Wilber My last hurrah with Rip (at the NM Buckskin/NM Appaloosa show) was fun! (He has been for sale, and he did get sold.   He will be moving east as soon as shipping is arranged.) Rip is a … Continue reading

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A little tarp work

By Patty Wilber I got a six-year-old gelding in that is a little shy/jumpy and seems to be missing some bells and whistles.  He has been ridden with no big problems by several people (though there were problems with one … Continue reading

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The LP Gene in Gette, 2023

By Patty Wilber Springtime with shedding Gette (Sufragette CD) is always fun because we get the Sneak Preview of her summer coat.  She is not fully shed, yet, but we can still see how roany her hip is!

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Cows, Fish, Elk, and Grand Daughters!

By Patty Wilber It has been an exciting week! 

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NMApHC Ranch Clinic

By Patty Wilber Last weekend the New Mexico Appaloosa Club put on a Ranch Trail Clinic at the Stanley Cyclone Arena in Stanley, NM. This clinic is the brain child of Kathryn Erikson and is the second one we have … Continue reading

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Riding again, plus Spring is springing!

By Patty Wilber We have a gopher snake hibernaculum under the cement apron of our garage, and every April, the gopher snakes come out.  The most I have seen coming out in any given year was four, but we don’t … Continue reading

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At the Watering Hole

By Patty Wilber I have seven horses at the house right now. Penny and Cometa are in a pen.  Christy’s Deets is by himself recovering from a tendon sheath tear, and the remaining four have around half an acre.  When … Continue reading

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Jeeping in Sedona!

By Patty Wilber Warning: Pretty much a horseless blog. While our better halves went backpacking in the Grand Canyon, Amber and I went jeeping in the red rocks of Sedona.

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