by sarahhickner | Apr 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sometimes bad beginnings can have happy endings. Shortly after I got Dixie I went out to the barn and she had a gigantic cut on her face. It was right along the ridge of her cheek bone a couple inches below her left eye, about 3 inches long. It looked bad, but Mrs....
by sarahhickner | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today was a frustrating day. Thanks to weather, work, and locking my keys in the car Monday I haven’t been able to ride in nearly a week. That means my young horse has had nearly a week to lose all work ethic he may have previously gained. My trainer has been...
by sarahhickner | Apr 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
I mentioned before that it was time to move on from Henry. A lot of people don’t understand selling horses. It is hard to explain, but I think it really depends on where you are in life. Some people have the means to keep every horse they have ever...
by sarahhickner | Apr 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
My time had come. I walked on jello legs towards the chute my steer was waiting in. The steer turned his head to the side and we made eye contact as I lowered myself down onto his cream colored back. Justin secured my rope for me – it wraps around the...
by sarahhickner | Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The day of the camp horse show was the day I decided to sell my beloved horse Henry. He came to me without any barrel training, but he was FAST! Well, no matter how hard I tried, we just could not make it work on the barrels. The tricky thing about barrel racing is...
by sarahhickner | Apr 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Did I mention this was a coed camp? I made new friends quickly, and one of these friends was Justin. Very soon I had my own little group that consisted of David, Katie, Justin, and me. Justin was one year older and every time I saw him my stomach would do...
by sarahhickner | Apr 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
I think this took place the summer after 7th grade. As a little girl I had always wanted to go to a horse riding camp. Fancy riding camps were not in my parent’s budget. Well this year I had my own horse, and we found a week long sleepover camp at a local...
by sarahhickner | Apr 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you have not already noticed, when I was young I was very timid. I saw no reason to be assertive, and therefore I was not assertive. I also wanted so badly to do everything perfectly that I would often do nothing. I still remember Misty setting back one day...
by sarahhickner | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
This one is more of a heart story. You probably noticed by now that horses were what I revolved my life around. I also grew up in a very devoted church family. My relationship with God has always been a very important part of my life. A couple of years after I...
by Sarah Hickner | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
Mrs. Brenda had a unique lesson program. Instead of charging a per lesson fee like most barns, she charged one lump sum per year. Every time we got on our horses we were learning something new, even if it wasn’t a formal event. After a couple of years of...
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