Posts Tagged ‘road’
Episode 96: How can I train my horse to ride safely near traffic?
Riding near traffic can be challenging. Your horse must deal with vehicles of varying sizes, traveling at speed, and making loud noises. The road itself often has challenges such as culverts, guard rails, ditches, garbage cans, mailboxes…and dogs. Many drivers don’t know how to respond to horses and assume they will be fine. Others don’t…
Read MoreHow did you meet your horse?
He was tall, dark and handsome (no wait, that was my husband)… … He was sorrel, confident but not cocky. The look in his eye was intelligent and proud. We met in Tennessee at The Road to the Horse colt starting championship. When I watched him with the other horses I noticed that he held…
Read MoreWill Stacy Westfall compete in the all women Road to the Horse 2017?
I had a chance to spend a little time at the 2016 Road to the Horse before catching a plane to Florida to attend a benefit for a local horse rescue. In my short time there I was asked several times about competing again in the future…and one of those times was by Tootie Bland,…
Read MoreDo you ever wonder if a beginner rider riding your horse will confuse him?
“Stacy… since Popcorn is trained SO well… do you ever wonder if a beginner rider riding him … does/will it confuse him??”-Lesia L. Years ago I was riding Popcorn at home and I was feeling slightly frustrated. I didn’t exactly have the words to explain what I was experiencing but thankfully my husband, who knows…
Read MoreJudging the Road to the Horse
Judging any event is a big job. The success of events falls largely on the shoulders of the judges. The way that a competition is judged results in the winner. Future competitors, and spectators, watch what was rewarded and what was not and then decide if they will support the event. This is true not…
Read MoreWild Card Competitors at The Road to the Horse
A year of working….a short time to show what you have done…an announcement of the winner and then straight into the round pen to compete for $100,000.00! That is what will happen to one of this years ‘Wild Card’ competitors at the Road to the Horse. I had the chance to visit with several of…
Read MoreIf you're living on the road, where do you keep your horses?
The most frequently asked question we are receiving at the moment is: If you’re living on the road, where do you keep your horses? I am going to try to keep everyone updated by making short videos and blogs of the moves. We just moved out of a horse show (Quarter Horse Congress) yesterday and…
Read MoreDreams on wheels…thank you Fleetwood!
After selling our house and deciding to travel for a year the choice to live in a RV of some sort seemed logical…the question was living quarter horse trailer? Fifth wheel? Motor home? We had owned a living quarter horse trailer years ago when the kids were small but for this adventure, a year on…
Read MoreStacy Westfall is Living My Dream Life
An article popped up unexpectedly on my Facebook page titled, Stacy Westfall is Living My Dream Life, and played a part in inspiring yesterdays blog. It is always strange to read an article that was written about me without my prior knowledge. It is another way to see how other people perceive you as well as what…
Read MoreVideo: How we plan on living on the road; husband, wife, three kids and four horses.
I think the nomadic idea was secretly planted in my head by my husband. It also helped that we met other people, one family in particular, that moved around with their family performing at rodeos and equine events. Our life has slowly morphed into travel because we can serve more people by moving around both…
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