Winters where we actually got SNOW???

We love having friends visit!

So far away but yet…. so close!!

That people like photos!!!

So, get ready for PHOTOS!!

Welcome back to the farm ROMEO!!! We missed you!
Here he is with Caleb in 2009 at a Steeldust Horseshow!

We hope that everyone had a very happy and healthy holiday season.
Here is to 2012!!!

Tiger, Rumbroke Renegade, passed away yesterday. It was an incredibly sad day for all but mostly for Jennifer. The only man in her life longer than Tiger is her Dad. She got Tiger 35 years ago.
This was written by a dear friend Amy who also knew and loved Tiger.

The lessons horses teach us are many and every one is a real gift. First, we learn to sit proudly with head up and heels down and from that very first time we sit upon a horse’s broad back, we know power. If we listen hard, we learn to share that power, and along the way we learn that falling off isn’t the worst thing in the world, but that we must get back on and ride forward. When we learn to… jump fences or spin around barrels, we know that a momentary fear can be eased by the moment when we let go and fly. When we gallop with abandon, we know true freedom. We learn that there is a bond that the fickle things in life can never break. We learn responsibility, for the trust they place in us is fragile, but when it is earned, they give simply because we ask. We learn what it is to really live on the back of a horse. And finally the day comes when they teach us one last, unforgettable lesson: how to say goodbye. But more than that they teach us to hope that it is not the final goodbye; that we will meet again in some faraway special place on some far distant day, and that on that day, we will learn true freedom from them all over again ~AH 10-22-11

Say hi to Errol for us.

Have you ever wondered where the name Steeldust comes from?

There is a great article at Equitrekking about famous horses in history, including Steel Dust, a great QH.

Read the whole story here or read this short snippet…

Foaled by a Kentucky thoroughbred mare in 1843, Steel Dust was brought to Texas by Middleton Perry and Jones Greene. This roughly 16-hands-high champion quarter-mile match racer was so fast that his jockey reportedly coated the stallion’s back with molasses in order to stay on.
Steel Dust was described as a muscular blood bay with small ears and a large jaw, which, to many, symbolized his tenacity and determination. Richard Chamberlain, senior racing writer for the American Quarter Horse Journal, tells me what made this horse special was he wasn’t just a racer. He had intelligence and a down-to-earth sense that’s not always found in racehorses, and these traits—speed, intelligence and endurance—were passed down to his progeny, making them tractable saddle horses.

After the horse suffered an injury in 1855, Steel Dust’s owners offered him up for stud. Ranchers, who needed quick horses to work cattle and to earn them extra money in match races, where they could win or lose anything from a drink to a whole plantation, sought out Steel Dust as a sire.

Click to see a photo of one of Steel Dust’s Progeny.

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