Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views

A blog that focuses on our unique program that teaches natural horsemanship, heritage breed conservation, soil and water conservation, and even folk, roots, and Americana music. This blog discusses our efforts to prevent the extinction of the Corolla Spanish Mustang. Choctaw Colonial Spanish Horse, Marsh Tacky, and the remnants of the Grand Canyon Colonial Spanish Horse strain.

Friday, April 30, 2021

Open For Business: Getting The Program Back On the Road

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Priorities--setting them is the most important thing that I do for the growth of our program. Doing so is fraught with pitfalls. It wou...

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Getting Right to Ride: Ketogenic meals and Intermittent Fasting

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To my shock I have lost forty pounds and have found other radical improvments in my health by adhering to a ketogenic diet and intermitt...

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Weight and Riding Capacity

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Between the first of September of 2020 and April 15, 2021 I lost forty pounds. dripping from 230 to 190. I expected this to make a big d...

Monday, April 12, 2021

Our Music Program:Climbing Out of The Virus

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For the first time since November we are going to have practice for our music program tonight at 6:15 at the tack shed--if you are new t...

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Sunday, April 11, 2021

Do You Like How This Horse Looks?

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That is a question that one will not hear me ask. I have no interest in how a horses appears. I am only interested in how a horse is. ...

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Steve Edwards: In my coat and tie life I am a prosecutor in Smithfield, Virgina. In my boots and blue jeans life am Executive Director of the Gwaltney Frontier Farm, Inc, an non profit organizations which administers Mill Swamp Indian Horses. We raise mustangs, including the rare and endangered Corolla Spanish Mustangs. We teach natural horsemanship, history, heritage livestock breed conservation, soil and water conservation, and even folk, roots and Americana music. I have written several articles on natural horsemanship and recently published my first book, "And a Little Child Shall Lead Them: Learning From Wild Horses and Small Children. I was a recipient of the Keeper of the Flame Award from the American Indian horse Association for our efforts to preserve the Corolla Spanish mustangs and in 2009 we were recognized by the Horse of the Americas Registry with the Carol Stone Ambassador Award. In 2011 we received the Currituck Star Award for our Corolla preservation efforts. My wife, Beth Edwards and I have three daughters and five grandchildren. See our web site, www.millswampindianhorses.com.

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