Tag: OTTB

The Black Stallion… er… I mean, The Gray Gelding

Did you ever read the series of books that started with “The Black Stallion” written by Walter Farley? If you haven’t, I highly recommend them. They revolve around a deep bond between a stallion called the “Black” and a boy named Alec. These books were some of my absolute favorites growing up. I always dreamed…



Getting hit in the face by branches (my 17 hand trail horse)

So you want to ride a 17 hand trail horse… Hope you enjoy eating leaves and poking your eyes on sticks! Just kidding.. mostly. My horse, Prophet, is a pretty big dude. He’s often mistaken for some sort of warmblood and someone at an event even asked if he was a draft cross. He’s 17…



A motley crew of atypical trail riders

Maybe I’m wrong, but to me the stereotypical trail rider rides a ~15 hand Quarter Horse in western tack. Google is on my side. I searched “horse trail riding” in the Google image search and came up with photo after photo of folks riding in western tack on these nice beefy Quarter Horses. Now, don’t…