Quick Tip #23 Make a Mountain Out of A Mole Hill

Four of my stallions live together in a pen that is entirely on a slope. Hay is generally near the top of the slope and the water is always near the bottom. Merely walking and frolicking on that slope has done wonders to keep them in solid muscle. The other horses have identical lifestyles except that they are on flat pastures. In the winter those on the flat pastures that are not being constantly ridden loose a great deal of muscle tone.


Creating a slope in one's pasture will give one's horse a great system of passive exercise. If you make the slope your self, with a shovel, it will give you a great system of active exercise.

That way both of you will end up with rock solid muscles.

Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: When A Butter Fly Becomes A Caterpillar

This post from more than a year ago deals with using the steadiness of horses to smooth out  the bumps in an unsteady world . To view it hit this link Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: When A Butter Fly Becomes A Caterpillar: We have complex reactions to aging in my family. My relatives that do not smoke or drink tend to live a very long time. My great uncle on...

A Background Post From a Few Years Ago

I came on this old post that tells a bit about me. You can read it by hitting this link.Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: To Answer Some of Your Questions: Though I cannot imagine why, several of you have asked me questions about my background and what it was that brought me to develop a prog...

Picture From Our Second Stab At A Big Ride 2009

Hit this link to go to a few pictures from 2009 the first time we went for fifty miles in a day: Mill Swamp Indian Horse Views: Pictures From the Big Ride: These are a few shots from Saturday. For an explanation see the previous post.

Four Foundation Stallions

These are four of our stallions that are at the core of Corolla offsite breeding program. Wanchese, who is ridden by my little granddaughter in the picture above, is from Shackleford Island. The other three are from Corolla.

Our interest is in staving off the extinction of the Corollas. Because there are so few of them I do not discourage breeding Corolla stallions to mares of other breeds. HOWEVER, those offspring do not become part of the off site breeding program. They merely become spectacular horses. So far the 1/2 Corollas have developed into the same super trainable, easy handling horses that is characteristic of the strain. I have often thought that a Corolla/Arabian cross would make a great horse. Corollas have endurance that is at least equal to Arabians and they have calm gentle natures.

This summer we will be breeding a few more Corolla mares for the off site breeding program. Thee stallions are available for breeding this spring and summer. They are registered with the Horse of the Americas Registry and the American Indian Horse Registry.