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Rockin' the Dots

American Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Horse and Stonewall Sporthorse Farm of North Florida
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08/07/2024

At 30 years old she's still very active. Tonight was her 2nd night with a feed bag. I do believe she likes it.

08/06/2024

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Make Them Carry Their Saddle

A father of a darling girl and I were talking last week and he said that he wanted his daughter to ride more and not have to do the work part of the catching, grooming, and saddling. I smiled as I explained.

Riding horses is a combination of strength, timing, and balance. Kids in this country are physically weak (unless they are actively involved with weight training and physical conditioning 4+ times a week.)

When you walk out to the field, you are clearing your stress from being under fluorescent lights all day; feeling the sun soak into your bones. As your body moves on uneven surfaces, it strengthens your legs and core.

When you groom your horse (especially currying), you are toning your arms and stabilizing your core.

When you carry your saddle, your arms, chest, and back are doing isolated strengthening work.

Being near horses, calms and makes you tune into the splendor of these empathetic animals.

When you ride at a posting trot, it’s equivalent to a slow jog calorie burn wise.

After a lesson, the riders are physically tired and mentally quiet and balanced.

Horses feel your heart beat and mirror your emotions back.

Riding large and somewhat unpredictable animals makes you resilient and pushes your expectations.

Working with horses is so much more than learning how to ride.

So parents, make your children carry their saddles. Don’t do the hard parts for them, as long term it actually hurts them. To advance with their riding, they must get stronger. You can help by doing the high parts.

I love having you all at the farm, and am so grateful to get to share these fascinating animals with you.

Hannah Campbell Zapletal

08/04/2024

Collars for all that have an outer perimeter fence in case any trees come down.
Cole and Scottie are too big for the collars I ordered so they got 2 buckled together then new holes punched to make small enough. Now they have catch straps too lol

07/28/2024

Next one up to foal

07/23/2024

Cole is finished now too! Eventually we will have our whole herd!!!!

07/20/2024

Miracle showing she can wear a draft halter, at least for a trim cuz she's such a good girl.
Slaw and Cassian determined to annoy her, so I had to play interference more than photographer during her trim.

07/20/2024

Updated shots of Belle's foot progress. Thankfully, she grows a lot of hoof quickly and is trimmed often. Still never a bad step since she tried to cut it off a few months back.

07/20/2024

Echo and Rosie have been getting nightly visitor(s)
I snapped these in the driveway coming and going from their fence. I also found some tracks in the sandy area of their pasture when I walked out to halter him for his farrier visit this morning.
We see a few pretty consistent daily just not any proof they're visiting actual horses.

07/14/2024

Who of our friends ordered the Balius Equestrian red, white, and blue halter? Mine arrived this weekend and am so excited to try it on Dammit once I've healed a little so I want to see your ponies in the meantime, please!!!

07/14/2024

Compiled all of the visiting ponies here

07/14/2024

Another point of view with Hudson and Belle

07/14/2024

Our new cowboy!
More can be seen on Cole, Slaw, and Cassian pages

07/10/2024

Belle has been completed. I'm over the moon.

07/09/2024

How exciting. Dingue is gonna be a grandma!!!

07/07/2024

730am bugs are waking up and that bright orange thing is starting to clear the trees.
Quinne fits the XL Balius Equestrian halter perfectly.

07/07/2024

XL is for sure too big, but the blue Balius Equestrian looks amazing on her

06/26/2024

We are still here :)
Just quiet these days because we are melting!!!!
Hopefully we can start doing more soon.

06/24/2024

Belle is a grandma!!!!!

06/16/2024

What is this personal space you speak of?

06/08/2024

Photo dump number 3. Raw out of the video clips in between phones over heating while trying to record.

06/08/2024

Second photo dump from Sparr June 8th show.
Huge CONGRATS to both Michelle and Payton bringing home 6 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third, 1 fourth, and 1 fifth.

Thanks Balius Equestrian again for keeping our girl comfortable. We had 98° plus the heat index today. 11 classes and none to almost no shade.

06/08/2024

First photo dump from Sparr June 8th show.
Huge CONGRATS to both Michelle and Payton bringing home 6 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third, 1 fourth, and 1 fifth.

Thanks Balius Equestrian for keeping our girl comfortable today!!!!

06/08/2024

Hopefully this will post.
This..right..here..is just so remarkable to me.
Payton has putted around on Belle but never with Michelle very far away. She did some of the big kid classes today.
This class she brought home one of her 1st Place Blue Ribbons in!!! It was her first class without Michelle too. We are just so proud of both Payton and Belle for today!

06/08/2024

A teaser of what's to come later by the masses!!!

06/07/2024

Get a white horse, it will be fun....ha
Show prep is not for old bodies, my back is screaming. 5 million baths later today she's white!!!!
Belle comes out of hiatus tomorrow. Hopefully she ROCKS it

06/01/2024

Look at the picture sent to me of our kids' winnings from the winter show, being shipped next week!!!!

05/31/2024

Are there and other pages we are friends with that are getting some strange restrictions?
Most are pretty obvious spam. Today's warnings seem more legit but I know I've not gone against community standards to have these warnings

05/17/2024

We are so honored to have owned these 2 amazing horses.

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What is this personal space you speak of?

Payton x Rockin' Mighty Belle

Hopefully this will post. This..right..here..is just so remarkable to me. Payton has putted around on Belle but never with Michelle very far away. She did some of the big kid classes today. This class she brought home one of her 1st Place Blue Ribbons in!!! It was her first class without Michelle too. We are just so proud of both Payton and Belle for today!

Cassian thinks he can take on a roll of hay lol then there's so sweet slaw just waiting for scratches.

Slaw, RTD's Sugarbush YouNeedIt and Cassian, RTD's Sugarbush HowLucky Decided to make their own version of derby day this afternoon. Foal version of singing in the rain.

Compilation of these results for the horses shown by us and a couple that used to be ours that were needed to complete a category. 2020 Conformation: 1st Place – RTD’s DanceWithTheDevil owned by Terri Nutter 2022 Colts Conformation: 1st Place – RTD’s RealLifeFantasy owned by Terri Nutter Heritage Conformation: 2nd Place – RTD’s LookAtThat owned by Terri Nutter Conformation Stallions: 2nd Place – RTD’s StillARockstar owned by Terri Nutter 3rd Place – Aego de Fermes Boisvert owned by Terri Nutter Liberty Stallions: 2nd Place – RTD's StillARockStar owned by Terri Nutter Conformation Mares: 1st Place – RTD’s BringinBootyBack owned by Terri Nutter 5th Place – RTD’s HotStickySweet owned by Terri Nutter Liberty Mares: 2nd Place – RTD’s BringinBootyBack owned by Terri Nutter 4th Place – RTD’s HotStickySweet owned by Terri Nutter Get of Sire: 1st Place – Aego de Fermes Boisvert owned by Terri Nutter Produce of Dam: 2nd Place – Un Peu Dingue owned by Terri Nutter CONFORMATION GRAND CHAMPION RTD’s BringinBootyBack owned by Terri Nutter Conformation Heritage: 1st Place – RTD’s GonnaFunkYouUp owned by Tom Nutter Liberty Heritage: 2nd Place – RTD’s GonnaFunkYouUp owned by Tom Nutter Get of Sire: 1st Place – Rorschach’s Hextatic owned by Terri Nutter BREEDING PROGRAM CLASS B (MIXED BOOK) CHAMPION ROCKIN THE DOTS

I'm going to spare everyone from the graphics. Belle decided she didn't want a heel bulb on her outside front left, yesterday afternoon. I left work a little bit earlier than my typical yesterday, I'm not even sure why. This happened shortly after I got home and had just brought the dogs out to go potty. She sliced fairly deep from the top of the heel bulb and down several inches. She's been a rock star through the bandage changes. As of the last bandage change she still had a geyser coming out of the sliced artery. I will be doing another bandage change at day break. The one she's in right now looks like I may have managed to stop it or at least slow it down. She's currently modeling gauze, hand towel folded triple and then wrapped around so 6 layers at the bulb, some special tape, then 3 rolls vet wrap in this video. She's got a few weeks of this and the vet will revisit the damage to see if anything further needs done. Keep her in your thoughts please.

Arriving home, yesterday, after work. Looks like momma Sombra is OK now without Cassian always being underfoot. Maybe this is the weekend the shenanigans will begin!!!!

Once they got done, being scared of a little with a big hat, their curiosity won

Heading a mare and trying to hurry to US machine and snap a pic while vet is doing his Thang proves Terri to fail at checking picture quality before turning said mare out. That being said Sombra foal is growing well, right on track for her 114 day mark. I learned my lesson after sombra and video taped the screen for Miracle. Baby Slaw is also growing well and right on track for 114 days.

Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?

How do you know when your horse has a drinking problem? When she spots you across the pasture leaving the barn with an icee in your hand and leaves her friends and her round roll to come mug you for it

Hose for the driveway pasture comes off the house then to a splitter. The splitter is covered by a wooden X Tom Nutter screwed together for Rico's ground poles. From the splitter 1 hose goes to the trough and 1 goes to a sprinkler. The trough is kept on a trickle. This morning the area is flooded and the splitter is wide open. Who is growing thumbs????

I think the double trouble duo think they have places to be and people to see

I just love these 2 together

Rico's Supreme Champion ribbon from https://www.facebook.com/Internet-Horse-Showing-228707347146758/ April show Pics of his other ribbons are in comments.

Adults enjoying the sprinkler while the kids nap in the sun

Chilly weather friskies

Life can always be full of surprises and today proved just that. Back in September Scarlett got an ultrasound and it looked like she was shut down for business for the winter. She said she doesn't follow our technology. 😂😂😂😂 After that she started standing for Rico so today was another ultrasound and guess what. That silly mare was pregnant in September, just not far enough along to have shown us anything in the ultrasound. So we are expecting a Rico x Scarlett foal in August 2017!!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜