Tag Archives: memories

Revisited: Horses are amazing!

Posted on July 12, 2018 by liascott

“The horse is not a piece of sports equipment, but our partner. And all our actions should be to develop what the English so brilliantly call ‘horsemanship’.” Hans Gunter Winkler This month the world lost another great horseman when Hans … Continue reading →

Posted in My Journey | Tagged cross-country, Halla, Hans Gunther-Winkler, heroic horses, jumping, memories, relationships, riding injured, Stockholm Olympics, vintage video, Wicki | Leave a comment

Memory of a Mustang

Posted on January 22, 2017 by liascott

This week we received a call that we knew would come, eventually. Ricky, the mustang I adopted as a yearling and gave to my mother for her fiftieth birthday, had died in his pasture. Ricky would have turned thirty later … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Java, memories, mustang, Pony Club, remembering an old friend, Ricky, saying goodbye | 4 Comments

The Birthday Mustang

Posted on October 6, 2015 by liascott

Twenty seven years ago I did a crazy thing: I went to a Mustang adoption, adopted a yearling, moved him into our rented barn under the pretense that he belonged to a client, and on this day twenty seven years … Continue reading →

Posted in My Journey | Tagged adoption, Birthday present, BLM, Dressage, Eventing, feral horse, Happy Birthday Mom, jumping, memories, mustang, Pony Club, Ricky, surprise party, training | 2 Comments

Horses are amazing!

Posted on June 24, 2015 by liascott

Recently someone posted, on Facebook, the video I have included at the bottom of this post. It is of Halla, a famous jumping mare whose rider was seriously injured at the Stockholm Olympics – yet she carried him around a … Continue reading →