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Lindsay from Houston, Texas emailed in and asked me, “What are some fun games to play on and off your horse, with your horse?” I thought this too neat of a question to simply reply only to her so I’m blogging about it to share with everyone. I was a young girl in 4-H near Houston, Texas myself and my 4-H group would play lots of fun games at the end of our horse shows. My two favorites were egg and spoon and ride-a-buck.
The egg and spoon just requires spoons, eggs, yourself and your horse. We rode it like a simple Western Pleasure class with an announcer asking the riders to walk, jog and lope our horses in both directions. You get on your horse, someone hands you the spoon and you put an egg on it. From there you neck rein your horse with one hand and hold your spoon with the egg on it in the other and start the class walking, jogging and loping around the arena as the announcer calls it. The top 6 people left with the egg still on their spoon go into the finals round and 1st through 6th place are awarded to these riders in which more difficult tasks are added such a backing up, roll backs at the walk, small circles, etc. This one is quite fun, a bit messy but really enjoyable for the participants and audience alike.
Another huge crowd pleaser and a game where you see some really creative riding is the ride-a-buck. Ride-a-buck, each person gets on their horse (usually bareback) and they sit on a dollar bill. Again this is judged as a Western Pleasure class and riders are asked to walk, jog and lope in both directions and later on backing up, circles and such. The funniest version of this event was when a friend of mine was literally laying on her horses back to keep the dollar bill attached as when the bill falls out you’re out of the competition. The last person left with the dollar under them wins and usually they receive the pot of all the $1 from the other riders.
They are both great fun and work really well with smooth gated AQHA horses which are popular in 4-H! Thanks for the question Lindsay and thanks for watching the HorseGirlTV® series!
Here’s me and my horse “Honey” with my childhood BFF Brent and “Sugar” and his brother Dan and “Cre Cre” at our local riding ring practicing for our 4-H events. We couldn’t afford polo wraps and I loved that look so I would take vet wrap and put it in my horses legs in blue and white and by the end of our ride the would be down around her pasterns every time. The silly things we did as kids! 
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I’m continuing with my series on fun ways to transform traditional horse show tail gate and concession eating experiences into a health conscious and even gourmet encounters. I’ve been playing with cutting out as much refined sugar from my diet as possible and seeing that almost everything has sugar or high fructose corn syrup of some sort that’s a bit challenging. This recipe is my cobbler recipe replacing the sugar for honey. When replacing sugar with honey it’s best to use a tad less because honey is naturally sweeter. I do like the dough to be a bit more crisp than this recipe turned out so I might experiment next time with adding some room temp melted butter to the actual dough.
You’ll need a few basic ingredients that you’ll likely have around the house already. In regards to honey, I hear if you eat honey local to your region it can help with any allergies you might have come springtime. So we stock up when possible at the local fruit stands.
Working with frozen fruit is easy but show season is typically spring and summer when lots of great local fresh fruits abound so I prefer to bake with fresh fruit and in this case, local fruit stand peaches and blueberries.
Now I’m not suggesting to go out and spend money on a toaster oven if you don’t already have one but back in the day living at the stable with just the viewing room to prepare food I ended up purchasing a convection toaster oven which does come in handy on hot summer months when I don’t want to pre-heat the full sized oven (which in the summer is almost never) and save a bit on the energy usage as well. I have this toaster oven and it has worked great for me the last 4 years! So pre-heat your oven to 375F.
I put the stick of butter in my baking dish and let it melt inside the preheating oven. Below are the basic ingredients you’ll need.
1 stick (4 ounces) butter, melted
3/4 cup honey
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ripe peaches, peeled, pitted, cubed
1 cup blueberries
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt topping with the honey and blend well. Stir in the milk and vanilla until blended. Pour the batter over the melted butter in your baking dish. Toss the peaches and blueberries in and dash the top with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Bake for approximately 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. The top will be browned and the cake will begin to pull away from the sides of the pan slightly.
Now for horse show prep, I like to bake in a dish that comes with its own cover and will sit well in the cooler. This is usually an arrival night dessert after a long day of traveling or will keep well until lunch or dinner the next day too.
Enjoy and success in your competitions!
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Here’s a clip from the examiner.com about the Parelli exihibition that when so very wrong.
The British are famous for their great love of animals, particularly dogs and horses, and it’s not surprising that they are among the most progressive countries in the world with regards to animal welfare. Many equestrians in Great Britain have embraced the natural horsemanship movement which puts the horse’s needs first and foremost.
But last Friday at the 2010 Royal Festival of the Horse, British students of natural horsemanship were left speechless and uncomfortable, if not downright angry, by a demonstration conducted by Pat Parelli, with some assistance from his wife Linda Parelli.
Generally when a natural horsemanship show comes to town, they solicit in advance for ‘problem horses’ to use in their demos. One of the problem horses selected for the 2010 Royal Festival of the Horse Parelli demo was a young stallion named Catwalk, owned by British show jumper Robert Whitaker. Catwalk’s ‘problem’ was that he was nearly impossible to bridle. Apparantly Robert Whitaker owned Catwalk for only two months before the Parelli demo, and it’s not clear what possible mishandling or abuse he may have endured in the past. Most trainers would not have attempted to rehabilitate such a horse to accept the bridle in an afternoon’s time. A horse exhibiting extreme distrust and fear needs time and space to be rehabilitated, and certainly no one should be in a hurry to ride a horse with an obvious fear related to being handled by humans until the trust issues can be resovled.
But, for whatever reason, Parelli Natural Horsemanship chose this particular problem horse for their demo, and it seems clear from spectator’s comments and the video that Pat Parelli was in way over his head, and desperate to resolve the problem then and there, regardless of the means required to accomplish his goals, which included the perceived abandonment of his own principles of natural horsemanship!
Read this complete article on examiner.com at http://www.examiner.com/x-7431-Animal-Training-Examiner~y2010m7d14-2010-Festival-of-the-Horse-Parelli-demo
Here’s a letter from Parelli in response to the uproar:
Here’s a video taken by a member of the audience on their mobile phone.
Remember the blue tongue when this is viewed tho. The compression is not good, lighting off and only shows a few minutes of a 2 hour session. I’m not saying either way just passing along info. Happy riding and have a good weekend!
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