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Cavalry Rider
http://cavalryrider.blogspot.com/
A blog about cavalry horses and riding.
- Added on: Oct 26th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Christopher Zimmerman
- Listed in: Outdoor Recreation Military
- Tags: Horses Army history western riding cavalry
Recent Posts
Teaching Cavalry History
B Troop was in Tombstone yesterday supporting an event there. We were asked to set up a static display from 1000 to 1600. A long day for sure. The promoters of the event arranged a lot of publicity but I'm not sure there were any more people there th...
More Training with Duke
I finally found some time to ride Duke yesterday. The weather had cleared up and the conditions were perfect for riding. I decided to start out with some conditioning work on the jogging track and test my theories about his tendency to try and run me...
Neck Reins and Pole Dancing
Duke, I have discovered, is not very good at neck reining. He seems to have more trouble reining to the right than the left. However, we managed to get past the habit of trying to run me into the tree next to the jogging track. That, as it turns out,...
Saber Dancing
I got stuck in the office for too long today dealing with budget wrangling issues and other nonsense. The cool thing about my job is when I start getting frustrated with administrative matters I can jump on a horse and take my mind of my problems and...
Teeth Floating
We took all the horses up to the vet clinic today to get the horse's teeth floated. We do this once a year to help the horses chew their food better. The vet grinds their teeth down to even them up so the horses can better chew their grain. The horse...
Mustang Mountain Trail Ride
I hosted a trail ride from my house yesterday for the members of B Troop and had a big barbecue after. it was a strange day as far as the weather went. It was reasonably warm out until the sun went behind a cloud and then it became instantly cold. I ...
