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A reference librarian and aspiring dressage rider shares equine-related experiences, observations, and resources/research. Topics include equine performance and health, dressage riding and training, challenges of the middle aged rider, and horse breeding

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  • Meanest thoroughbred stallions ever...

    Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 15:12 in racing, stallions

    We are a culture that loves "best of" and "worst of" lists. Recently the thoroughbredchampions.com bulletin board had a thread/discussion on who were the meanest stallions in history. What a fun read! Here are the worst of the worst from that threa...

  • Crimson Satan: A sound addition to any pedigree!

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 15:14 in stallions

    Crimson Satan has been touted on listservs lately as a great horse to find in a pedigree -- a "soundness improver." He is by Spy Song out of an Argentine mare, Papila. Bred by Peter W. Salmen Sr., he was born in 1959 and became the Champion 2-Year-O...

  • Hanoverian stallion auction: My faves

    Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 15:30 in breeding, stallions

    As if we haven't seen enough primo horseflesh, the Hanoverian Stallion Auction catalog is online. These stallion prospects are only two years old! My picks... ...

  • Quaterback commentary

    Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 16:01 in breeding, stallions

    If you read my blog, you know I'm a fan of Quaterback (the stallion). It's hard not to be impressed by his three year old performance video and he gets better with age. Yes, his gaits are huge and expressive, but we're seeing a lot of good movers lat...