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Camp Kingsbury, 2023, or I Got an Elk
By Patty Wilber I finally drew an elk tag for Unit 52, up near the Colorado border, and I am proud to say, I managed to fill it, in the last minutes of the last day I was planning to … Continue reading
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I think that was my last show of 2023!
By Patty Wilber Last weekend, the New Mexico Buckskin Horse Association and the New Mexico Appaloosa Horse Club sponsored the Fall Finale, which was the last official show of 2023 for both clubs. I was planning on one more show … Continue reading
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How Does Jet Skiing Compare to Horseback Riding?
By Patty Wilber We got back from Sweden, but I guess we were not done vacationing, so we were home for four days, in which I rode…including 9 miles starting on Road Noise, a trail head about 3 miles from … Continue reading
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NM Paint Horse Show with Faith M.
By Patty Wilber One of the fun things about horse training, in addition to working with horses in training, is teaching the riders ways to best help their mounts. This past weekend, I got to coach Faith at the NM … Continue reading
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Group Trail Ride with a Young Horse
By Patty Wilber Well, after recalling that Penny was out in the mountains as a two year old, I figured Gette might as well start her group riding mountain career as a two year old, as well. Three big things … Continue reading
Penny has 14 years as a Back Country Horse!
By Patty Wilber Penny is 16 this year. She did her first Back County Horseman trip when she was two. She was ponied part of the time and ridden part of the time! That means she has been been a … Continue reading
The Land of the Two Year Olds
By Patty Wilber The Land of the Two Year Olds is actually not a very good title, because one two year old went home to recover from a respiratory thing, and another horse I want to talk about is five…but … Continue reading
Packing in a trail crew…or not.
By Patty Wilber The plan was to meet at Jack’s Creek at 9 am on 7/26 so members of the Pecos Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen could pack an ACE (American Conservation Experience) crew in about nine miles to … Continue reading
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Selling a Horse, for real.
By Patty Wilber One of the things that many horse trainers do is facilitate the sale of horses. While I have sold some horses, this has never been a big strength of mine, so when it became clear Judith needed … Continue reading
Appaloosa Youth World with Heidi and Lucy
By Patty Wilber Lucy (Qwhizenart, bred by Connie Hunter) has been a fabulous horse to own and train, and Heidi has been a really good student, so I made a deal with Heidi. She could borrow Lucy (she is officially … Continue reading