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Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

Merge: Sometimes it is hard to tell where one of us stops and the other one of us starts, in...
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Is My Horse Suitable for Dressage?

The 2012 Summer Olympics concluded this week. Dressage got a bit more attention than usual, partly because of Great Britain's...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong

If Loving You Is Wrong- I Don't Want To Be Right. Sing along. Edgar Rice Burro and Anna, Infinity Farm....
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Victim of Love: The In-Your-Pocket Horse.

Photo credit: Carol Walker, Living Images -Written by request from another trainer. Nothing I am about...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Growth

Tiny ducks. It started innocently enough. Growth: no kidding. Beaks, webbed feet, and most of all, poop.  There, I said...
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Dog Agility and Horse Agility

I can’t remember who came first in my life- dogs or horses. I do know a few of each are...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple

You have to squint to see the purple. In a few weeks, they will be indigo purple with peach-colored breasts....
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Blurring the Line Between Predator and Prey.

One of the first things to know about horses is that they are prey animals. Simply put, that means that...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man."  ~Winston Churchill...
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Mentioning Unmentionables.

I'm going to be blunt about sports bras- not trying to offend anyone, (or exclude either of my male readers.)...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming

Dreaming of warm sun on a perfect herd. Dreaming of reality. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly...
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The Dressage/Massage Warm-up.

What if an arena ride had the effect of a massage for a horse? Wouldn’t the rider feel great too?...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Movement

Movement. Soaring on hooves Across the prairie Landing in your chest. Anna, Infinity Farm. WordPress Photo Challenge is a weekly...
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Dressage: It Rhymes with Massage.

 Horses have been a key part of our culture ever since they civilized us centuries ago- in everything from transportation...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting Moment

The llamas are having a fleeting moment. Edgar Rice Burro is day dreaming about being a fleeting llama. Life is...
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Hearts of Fire: Waldo Canyon.

Infinity Pond in a greener year. First of all, the herd here at Infinity Farm is...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Create

We are so cool that our obstacles have obstacles! The Dude Rancher has been creating special obstacles for Horse Agility,...
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Horse Trading and Online Dating.

My grandfather Percy Blake was a horse trader. They say he had a good eye, but I could never quite...
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