Recent content by FirstLightFarm

In this country we have associations that certify both barefoot trimmers and shoers. (I call both of them "farriers".) But nobody I know has the faintest idea what those associations are! We have plenty of people who just go to a six week course and start doing feet. You have to get...

[ QUOTE ] I have been riding for over 20 yrs and have only ever seen white people riding? [/ QUOTE ] Probably depends on where you live. I'm in the American South, where quite a few black people ride. For some reason, I almost always see them riding western on gaited horses. My new RI and...

It is well known that pigs are the spawn of the Evil One. We're having an awful problem with feral hogs here. They root up the fields, collapse the drainage ditches, and cause really bad car wrecks. Oh, and they scare the bejesus out of horses. I haven't run across one while riding yet...

I'd go with brown. I did not - as you may be able to tell from my avatar - so I speak from experience. I bought a black saddle because at the time I was riding a sorrel and white paint horse and I thought black tack would look sooo sharp. But then it took me forever to find a bridle in...