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Extreme Makeover : Horse Edition

Posted September 7th by Erica K. in General, In Preparation Of, Pressing Matters

Live close to Berlin, Wisconsin? Want to improve your horses health and performance while improving yours as well? Join me at Edgewater Farms on October 10 to treat and pamper your equine partner and yourself through private sessions with 6 Clinicians, among them : Read the rest of this entry »


Progress Is But A Dress And A Dance

Posted September 20th by Erica K. in In Preparation Of, Video Reviews

Time is running down, the clock is ticking, and there remains but two weeks before the ASPIRE Therapeutic Riding Benefit, “Dances With Horses” in Waterloo, Iowa. Which reminds me today that I need to get my horse his traveling papers…

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Fashionista On Horseback

Posted August 7th by Erica K. in In Preparation Of

More progress is being made on the front for the ASPIRE TRP Benefit Ride come October 4 in Waterloo, Iowa. I have been racking my brain on creating the right outfit for the music I’ve chosen and the impression that I want to give, and with some much needed help from my mom I think we have found a winner.

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Whip The Tail Off That Pony

Posted July 30th by Erica K. in In Preparation Of

So many ideas swirl about in my head, and to nail one down… well sometimes it just seems like more fun to juggle 15 balls instead of one. But, for the sake of my wanting to do a good job, I have nailed down a pretty solid plan of action in regards to my musical ride for the “Dances With Horses” ASPIRE TRP Benefit ride. Read the rest of this entry »


Introduction Au Pony

Posted July 23rd by Erica K. in In Preparation Of

Nothing like some deadline to put a fire under my feet. I have a ride coming up, October 4, just 4 days before my birthday – which is always an auspicious time for me. :) It is the ASPIRE Therapeutic Riding Program Benefit Ride in Waterloo, Iowa. I have a 10 minute slot in which to ride to music of my choosing and do whatever fancies my taste, and it has been requested that I do so using one of my Bashkir Curly horses…

For the interest of safety, and attractive and entertaining outcome, I have chosen my former stallion turned exceptional gelding, *Y.S. Tanjobi. A little bit about Jobi… I bought him back in 2000 as a 2 year old stallion from Trish Rosborough of Yanagi Stables in Ontario, Canada. We stood him as a stallion until 2004 when I opted to get out of breeding horses and focus more closely on riding and training. I entertained thoughts of selling him as a stallion, but in the end couldn’t part ways with him and gelded him for my own riding horse instead. I have never for a moment regretted it!

A young Tanjobi in Canada. Tanjobi as a long yearling in Canada.
Tanjobi as a long yearling in Canada.

The original photos from *Tanjobi’s for sale ad as a long yearling which stole my heart.

Jobi sired 9 foals as a stallion. *Y.S. Kinyobi was out of his first foal crop and is now successfully standing stud for Trish Rosborough. I personally held onto his last two foals, *Truman Obi and *Theodore Obi, who are now coming 4 years old this fall.

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