Yes, it’s all about trust the bond horses have with a human. See it work here in this most excellent video Horsepower a video from Martin Clunes amazing and amazing it is too. It’s all about love for the horse. Just like other animals they can recognize love. They repay in kind over and over for their entire lives. Watch these horses enjoy a day at the beach.   The still photo shown here is Lynn Baber and her special horse...

From a ranch in northern Texas where the Bluebonnets bloom beyond the horizon there came news from a good online friend that she had lost two of her best friends, Sally San and Finale. I will let her explain who they are and why they were so special. Lynn Baber writes from the heart in a style that makes one feel like you are sitting across from her on the front porch and listening to her speak, a technique I still haven’t mastered...

Enjoy this short video of Zenyatta the 2010 Santa Margarita Handicap a textbook example of what we all love to see horses do and people too I suppose. My wife tells me often how much fun she had at the horse races. That was before she met me of course. Personally, I’ve never seen one live. After seeing this video I really want to go to the races. This is a textbook example of horse racing, the stuff movies are made off. Take a few...

I call this post For the Love of Horses 1 because there are so many great stories out there of people’s relationships with their horses and each other. I know there will be more posted here. How great it is to be a child and be around horses. To learn responsibility, respect for animals and share love with one’s horse is something I had hoped to give to my children and grandchildren but it didn’t turn out that way. Photo courtesy of...

My friend Lynn Baber has received a rave review of Amazing Grays-Amazing Grace: Pursuing a relationship with God, horses, and one another. In a previous post, I had pointed you toward this excellent book. I thought it would be great to bring this review to you as well for a better understanding of the book and what it has to offer. You don’t need to be a horse person to enjoy and benefit from Lynn’s writings in this book. The...