McQueen's Tack

12/24/2024

11/23/2024

Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock, VT is showing the film "The Cowboy and the Queen" on Dec. 21 & 22.
Here's an interesting article about Monty Roberts and his horse training methods:

Queen Elizabeth II, England's longest-reigning monarch, died in 2022 at age 96 in Scotland's Balmoral Castle. In her lifetime, she befriended American cowboy Monty Roberts.

09/14/2024

You may not be a fan of horse racing but this book may change your mind. Lots of details about the daily life of Secretariat and his groom, Eddie Sweat. Highly recommend it!

08/13/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymd-87Hn34E

Today we spend time in the saddle with the Morgan sisters, Claire and Hannah, who are making friends across the steppe as they adventure their way down the c...

08/10/2024

The longest, toughest horse race in the world - the Mongol Derby.

This episode of Ride to Survive follows day 1 of the Mongol Derby 2024. We meet some of the brave riders and find out why they are taking on this challenge a...

08/04/2024

Rainbow was born on 7/7/97 at 7 PM. The story goes she foaled here at Kathy’s farm during a torrential downpour. A neighborhood youngster taking riding lessons was there at the time and pointed to a distant rainbow - hence her full name of Rainbow Stormcloud. Her sire was K.C, a quarter horse, and her dam was Tasha, part Morgan and Appaloosa. She has a half-sister, Moriah, who was also born here a year later.

Kathy rode her frequently and considers her calm, physically strong and easy-going,

04/04/2024

Very quiet, only an occasional bird call.

03/23/2024

12” at noon on the Hill and no sign of letting up.⛄️🐎

03/16/2024

Sign of Spring, but we have weeks to go…

02/05/2024

Loving the sunshine!

01/28/2024

This is a wonderful FB page from Denny Emerson who's an expert in equestrian topics from nearby Strafford.

This question should kick off plenty of discussion.
Like this rider, I grew up in the "one size fits all" era, and I too have watched the change, So---Thoughts on this?

"Good evening Denny. I love reading your posts. Here's a question that might spark a lovely discussion: I'm 70 years old and I don't remember there being all this concern over saddle fit until the last several years. Everyone I knew had one saddle and used it on everything they owned. Now, if we have five horses, we are expected to have five saddles that have been professionally fitted by saddle fitter. Do we just have too much money now? Or have saddles changed over the years and are no longer as versatile as they used to be? or have we been brainwashed into thinking horses are in a lot of pain they're not really in?"

01/15/2024

Finally...catching some rays.....

01/07/2024

Happy New Year!

12/11/2023

Wassail Parade in Woodstock.