I finally get back on the blog wagon! This morning I thought I would take a few minutes to brag about my other half…husband and horse trainer, Billy. We met over 14 years ago, in the small town of Meeker, where we still live and raise our family. Billy started out his career with horses on his Grandfather’s cattle ranch. As early as the age of 12 he was starting colts and breeding horses on the ranch. Fast forward to 1996 – where we met at a horse clinic – me with my English hunter-jumper mare – and Billy on his red roan quarterhorse. Since that time Billy has had great success combining his western, colt starting talents with a love of the English world of jumping and horseshows. He spends most of the year on the farm riding lots of horses each day, as well as teaching lessons. He as a loyal following of little kids as well as adults that he works with - combining the basic mechanics of riding with the unique psychology of horses. He spends the coldest winter months of January through March at a wonderful horse facility in the desert of Palm Springs, California.
Here are a few of our four legged friends on Coal Creek Farms
This is Dash as a Yearling
Billy Riding Brie - 4 Year Old Appendix Quarter Horse Mare
Sapphire being curious with our dear friend Ollie
This is Billy's current project that we are really proud of - Sultan - 10 year old Trakehner Gelding
A wonderful career, which I am sure he loves! Beautiful pictures! Thank you for sharing them!
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wowzah!!! it must be so cool being able to train your own horses! and also so great that two horse crazy people met each other, fell in love and got married! :D
ReplyDeleteI just got a 4 year old merens and we want to train her ourselves but what a challenge!! if we still can`t get her reined in (oh ho ho pun intended :D) we`ll have to send her to school poor thing!
Welcome back to blogging, the horses are so pretty and that sounds like a great way to meet.
ReplyDeleteThe horses are beautiful. That must be a neat career.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely horses! how gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful horses! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have a career doing what you love and in beautiful surroundings.
ReplyDeleteLove all the pictures. The horses are stunning!
Gorgeous horses, you are so lucky :)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting for the two of you to be able to do something you love together. The horses are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful animals! Thanks for sharing your story :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing thing to be around horses all day long. I love hearing about people that have a true passion and joy for what they do. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI envy people that get the rare chance to do what they love!
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