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It's 2009 and I live in the horse world with my beloved fox trotters. HUGE NEWS for VELVET and I: We've been selected to be one of the SPOTLIGHT Presentations at the PARELLI CELEBRATION 7/24-7/26. Our spotlight event is free style. Velvet and I will be performing our bridleless routine in front of a million screaming cheering attendees! WOWSA!!

Later, I'll get back to my love with Nova Nova's Spotlight blog to tell the dramatic, humerous and pathetic stories of my journey with horses.

2009 Spring Missouri Fox Trotter Show has come and gone. I've attended the Celebration for the last two years to watch my horses. June 2009 is the first time I've showed at Ava since 2000. A lot has changed and gotten really better since way back then. That year was the first year for the Reining Competition and I rode Velvet.
Incidentially, Nichole Copple and Velvet won Reserve High Point Youth Versatility with tons of blue ribbons.
Nova and I were entered in the Open Events with all the really cool people..my hero's. Nova is fabulous. We actually placed in all the four events that we entered. When we were on, we were fabulous. When we didn't communicate, we still looked great! Professional pictures are coming.
JR and Jennifer Vaught did great! They placed 3rd in the Open Versatility. Diva and Tony did great too. It was a horse heaven for me to see Diva, Velvet and JR doing so well...and it was heaven to ride Nova!

Velvet and Susan-Freestyle!Women and Horses Expo 2008. We got 198 points out of 200 for this performance!

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NOVA's SPOTLIGHT | DIVA'S DIARY Follow Nova's adventures
Gaited Horses for Dummies
Velvet and I placed high in Versatility Challenge - 2008 Woman and Horses Expo. Read the story!

Velvet and I Passed Level 3 in the Pat Parelli program. Velvet is the FIRST FOX TROTTER in the UNIVERSE to accomplish this! (So far she continues to be the only L3 Missouri Fox Trotter in the Universe.)It took me eight years to get this done. I spent 1 year getting level 1; 3 years in Level 2 and 4 years in Level 3. I was awarded my green string from Pat Parelli himself during a Parelli event in Springfield, Missouri.
Read about us HERE!

Sue, How Do YOU DO!? Read my blog on "rehabing" a sweet traumacized Missouri Fox Trotter horse. We don't know what she went thru, but she was fried. It took three years for both her and I to go for a fun trail ride. Our ending accomplishment was participating in the 2008 All Breed Fox Trotter Horse Show at Longview Horse Park. She's a happy horse now being a brood mare running on 40-50 acres.

JR, my main riding horse in the past many years, has gone to help another person thru her wonderful journey through natural horsemanship.


Articles from 2004

Letters from Sage! WHAT I DID TODAY!
Caitlyn and Velvet Perform
Caitlyn Owns Velvet


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SADDLE FIT


Saddle Fit I. How many DIFFERENT saddle pads do you own?
SADDLE FIT II!


Articles from 2003

STARTING OVER FROM THE TOP!
GINA GARDNER Gaited Horse Versitility Clinic Review
"DOOR TO DOOR DISSERVICE!"
SAGE, The Lesson Horse!
The Animal Communicator and Velvet!
The Animal Communicator and Sage!


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NOVA'S NOTEBOOK   [Started January 2005]

MEET NOVA!
Nova is the STAR!
Nova the Brave and Beautiful-in her Mother's Footsteps
Nova is Baby-in-Training


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Articles from 2002

Velvet and the Trainer
Extreme Versatility  
The Misadventures of Sage and Susan


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Articles from 2001

A Christmas Miracle Story  
It's a Journey  
Equitana and Velvet  
All-Fox Trotter Natural Horsemanship Clinic  
Sage, the Barrel Horse 
Ripped of the Bridle! 


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Articles from 2000

Susan and Velvet's Leap into Horsemanship
Velvet Learns Dressage
A Must Have VIDEO
The Natural Gait


Articles from 1999

Celebration Week
Video Review - Missouri Fox Trotters
Review of the "Trainers Voice"


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Articles from 1998

Adventures at the 1998 Celebration

Cow Clinic - A Fox Totter Transition
Five Day 'FOX TROTTER' Slumber Party
Ponderosa Trail Ride, Pineville, Missouri and Sage
Video Review of "Gaits of the Mo Fox Trotting Horse"
Costume Class and the Fox Hunter!
Sage is Fox Trotting
How to Win at Musical Sacks
Conquering Fear    By Gail Ivey
Smile and Rub  
Fitness, Performance and the Female Equestrian -- A book report -- January 3, 1998


Articles from 1997

The Agony of the PACE
Fear
Parelli
Clinic -- Student Instructor
The Gunsil -- a short story

Sage, Velvet, JR & Nova;
 
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