Bill Rides / New Website

Friday night Bill came out with me to the farm and R-O-D-E our new mare Chocobella!!! And LOVED it!!! She's a 15.3hh 9 year old Appendix mare who is the most honest and wonderful horse on the planet, I'm convinced. Here's a photo:

He watched me get on her first so he knew how to swing his leg over bareback & I showed him how to hold the reins and steer. He was a little uneasy at first, but soon he got the hang of it & was walking like a pro!!! We're working on finding a saddle that will fit both him & the mare at the farm so next time he can ride with full tack, but he seemed to do alright bareback!

Bill now is more than willing to come out to the farm with me (he always has been - but now he has his 'own' horse to care for, not just stepping on my toes caring for JC) so he can see "his horse". Chocobella actually belongs to the farm owner who recently acquired her & she's generous enough to let me use Chocobella at my leisure for lessons :-) She's the sweetest mare and Bill brushes her all over and picks out her feet & takes her for walks when he comes out - and now rides! Hopefully we find a saddle around the farm that will work :-D

In other news, last night I decided to jump the gun and create my personal website for training. You can see it here. Enjoy!!! I'm not sure I love it, after completing it start to finish in 4 hours, I'm already sick of it. HAHA. Oh well, the beauty of it is I can change it whenever I want :-) I'll get there, eventually. Make sure you check out the FOR SALE page to see all the horses & ponies we've got for sale right now!! Show schedule for 2011 is up, too! It's a big year for us at Crystal Valley Equine!! Do you want to get in on the action??