tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579051544194668062024-03-12T17:33:05.280-07:00The Road AppleCompletely made up headlines and articles from around the horse world, brought to you by Hillbilly Farms.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-45930874130037698712023-11-30T23:30:00.004-08:002023-11-30T23:30:00.145-08:00No Stirrups November<p> Oh, is November over already. I guess I missed it.</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-6738205728753829732023-05-01T06:12:00.001-07:002023-05-01T06:12:00.135-07:00Maybe I Will Just Keep My Stirrups All Month May<p> It is time to start celebrating <b>Maybe I Will Just Keep My Stirrups All Month May</b>!</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-19978515038162153022023-02-06T18:31:00.002-08:002023-02-06T18:31:54.419-08:00Feet in the Stirrups February<p> I hope everyone is resting up for No Stirrups November by enjoying <b>Feet in the Stirrups February</b>!</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-49194659692053185162022-10-01T01:00:00.006-07:002022-10-01T01:00:00.195-07:00Obviously I am Going to Keep My Stirrups All Month October<p>As we look <strike>forward</strike> ahead to No Stirrups November, we wonder why November is the only month to get a special designation. Here at Hillbilly Farms we believe every month is special, so we are going to give designations to every month. Today we officially declare that October is:</p><p>Obviously I am Going to Keep My Stirrups All Month October</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-52165406979122521352022-09-02T19:42:00.000-07:002022-09-02T19:42:06.959-07:00PSA: ShowSheen<p> ShowSheen: It's for tails only.</p><p>#safetyisnoaccident</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-51060922499641558992022-05-09T08:31:00.005-07:002022-09-02T19:39:07.839-07:00Breed Mottos: Andalusian<p> Andalusian: The delusion is right there in the name.</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-87484559255339927732022-05-02T13:20:00.001-07:002022-05-02T13:20:00.201-07:00Horse Sales Terminology: Daisy Cutter<p>Daisy Cutter: A horse whose trot has a vertical stabbing motion suitable for decapitating daisies.</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-32835712975997511082022-04-29T15:19:00.002-07:002022-04-29T15:19:58.844-07:00Lead Change Prayer<p>Lord, </p><p>Grant me the serenity to accept the leads I cannot change,</p><p>The courage to change the leads I can,</p><p>And the wisdom to use my inside leg and not my inside rein.</p><p>Amen</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-67024559634370792382021-10-03T13:32:00.001-07:002022-04-29T15:39:14.675-07:00Breed Mottos: POAs<p> POAs: They learn same thing new every day.</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-61410968832031050782020-11-01T00:00:00.001-07:002020-11-01T00:00:07.702-07:00November 2020<p> November 2020 - I am just going to go ahead and keep my stirrups this year.</p>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-70492976678829332642020-03-15T17:34:00.000-07:002020-03-15T17:34:03.500-07:00Horsemanship ChallengeHorsemanship Challenge: Try to groom a shedding horse without ever touching your face.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-3078175603225307452019-11-01T00:01:00.000-07:002019-11-01T00:01:12.148-07:00Bring It On!The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting blustery, and the horses are getting frisky. This can mean only one thing: It is time to tempt fate and drop my stirrups. Bring on No Stirrups November! (Actually, my horse thinks there is a goblin in the bushes, so maybe I should pick up my stirrups, just for now.)HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-56057492642117992902019-04-22T20:03:00.000-07:002019-04-22T20:03:29.958-07:00Pony Quotes"It's not my fault that you ran your knee into a tree. You really need to look where I am going."<br />
-RupertHillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-4964193260398147982019-01-12T20:24:00.000-08:002019-01-12T20:24:04.982-08:00Area Horse Didn't Lose His Shoe, He Knows Exactly Where It IsArea Horse Didn't Lose His Shoe, He Knows Exactly Where It IsHillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-69085951249795350362018-12-03T16:49:00.000-08:002018-12-03T16:49:13.243-08:00Area Horse Knows He Is Going To Be Blamed<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "calibri" , "helvetica" , sans-serif , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 16px;">Local rider Mary Deane is sporting a black eye after walking into a lamp post while texting yesterday. "She collided with a stationary object but she is</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif, serif, emojifont; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif, serif, emojifont; font-size: 16px;">letting everyone think that I did it to her,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, helvetica, sans-serif, serif, emojifont; font-size: 16px;">" said Mr. Jax, Deane's Arabian gelding. "Seriously, she walked into a lamp post and she wants to blame it on me. Can you believe it?" Mr. Jax has decided not to set the record straight in order to increase his barn cred. </span>HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-74198608645325853852018-11-10T12:27:00.000-08:002019-11-21T13:20:44.195-08:00No No Stirrups November ContestFlemington, NJ -- Every November, while the riders of Rising Star Farm have a contest to see who can ride without stirrups the most, the horses hold their own contest to see who can convince their riders to ride without stirrups the least.<br />
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Last year's winner, Tick Tock, is on track for a personal best this year. "The first time Lindsay tried to drop her stirrups this month I shot across the arena and then slammed on the brakes." As of November 10th, Tick Tock has a total score of 5 seconds. His winning score last year was 12 minutes and 33 seconds.<br />
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But 5 seconds might not be enough to win this year because newcomer Snafu is bringing his A-game. "When Sarah brought out the saddle without stirrups on November 1st, I pretended I had never seen a saddle before. She made the wise decision to put the stirrups back on before saddling me. Then a few days later I think she was thinking about dropping her stirrups so I started playing hot lava in the arena, where the arena sand is the lava." With 20 days to go, Snafu is the leader with 0 seconds. And he feels confident he can hold the lead. "I can keep this up for the rest of the month, definitely."
HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-53927639944068261792018-08-09T13:37:00.000-07:002018-08-09T13:37:51.051-07:00Equestrian Sniglets - chicago-screwed<b>chicago-screwed</b> (shĭ-kă'gō-skro͞od) adj.<br />
The position you are in when an essential piece of tack breaks at the worst possible moment.
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Example: My horse was galloping down the trail and I was trying to stop him when my bridle broke and fell off. I was totally chicago-screwed.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-43341161962617353962018-07-22T19:41:00.002-07:002018-07-22T19:41:47.493-07:00Unsung Heroes: Peter Rabbit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogiLC-DOFp05t9Ny7mZwfejxBzqdacqk0EjCyrPnXq0ORBVHuMbLsKWJKWAL5XdhLoF79P5PZFWK4dDlRaHuRfgpVW4S40gTyvqNyGwZhPRoMqt-dbWY97J8x5kOcKSbqQF6-qfFlCF4/s1600/PeterRabbit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogiLC-DOFp05t9Ny7mZwfejxBzqdacqk0EjCyrPnXq0ORBVHuMbLsKWJKWAL5XdhLoF79P5PZFWK4dDlRaHuRfgpVW4S40gTyvqNyGwZhPRoMqt-dbWY97J8x5kOcKSbqQF6-qfFlCF4/s320/PeterRabbit.jpg" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="220" data-original-height="293" /></a></div>
Peter Rabbit now allows himself to be sprayed with flyspray without acting like he is getting zapped with 10,000 volts of electricity with every spritz.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-27777223756887512902018-07-14T06:34:00.000-07:002018-07-17T18:16:10.616-07:00Equestrian Sniglets - lametastic<b>lametastic</b> (lām-tăs'tĭk) adj.<br />
Extraordinarily talented and chronically unsound.<br />
Synonym: limpcredible<br /><br />
Example: My friend has a lametastic horse—he jumps 5 feet, has two bowed tendons, and recently injured a suspensory.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-23523664549358578302018-07-08T18:16:00.001-07:002018-07-08T18:16:42.578-07:00Equestrian Sniglets - fugiturd<b>fugiturd</b> (fyo͞o'jĭ-tərd) n.<br />
That one piece of manure that won't get onto the manure fork and into the wheelbarrow.<br /><br />
Example: I would have been done cleaning stalls ages ago except I wasted way too much time chasing a fugiturd around. And it still managed to get away.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-60090396515418195752018-07-01T07:50:00.000-07:002018-07-08T18:06:35.639-07:00Equestrian Sniglets - wishtance<b>wishtance</b> (wĭsh'-təns) n.<br />
When approaching a jump, the distance you see that isn't actually there.<br />
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Example: I was totally going to win that class until I saw a wishtance to the last oxer.HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-13633417985845221062017-12-10T20:28:00.000-08:002017-12-11T18:16:42.747-08:00New Product Alert: Fecal Enlightenment SystemManure Solutions, Inc., the leading innovator of manure related products, today announced the release of their new Fecal Enlightenment System. "This system is a must have for horsemen who do barn chores after dark. Our flexible, patent-pending mounting system will mount any flashlight onto the handle of a manure fork. The Fecal Enlightenment System is a must-have for those nights when you can't see sh*t."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mounting system includes a roll of duct tape. Manure fork and flashlight sold separately.</td></tr>
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HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-82780726987661524542017-11-15T11:36:00.000-08:002019-11-21T13:21:36.471-08:00Another Victim of No Stirrups NovemberSeattle, WA -- This morning No Stirrups November claimed yet another victim. Convinced by the Internet that it was a good idea to ride without stirrups on a blustery November morning, Melody Parker added a broken collarbone to her already sore leg muscles. Next year Parker plans to spend all of November in the southern hemisphere to avoid the Internet's "Let's All Fall Off More In The Fall" campaign. HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-91515264239959172762017-11-11T07:30:00.000-08:002017-11-11T07:30:24.798-08:00Area Horse Alarmed To See His Name On The List For The Next Furrier AppointmentArea Horse Alarmed To See His Name On The List For The Next Furrier AppointmentHillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-157905154419466806.post-12673081670460440942017-05-05T17:24:00.000-07:002018-07-01T07:58:40.023-07:00For Sale: Big Bay Gelding, Tons of PotentialBig bay gelding for sale. 16.1 hands, 23 years old. Tons of potential to eat hay and roll around in the mud. Currently in training for competitive pasture ornament shows. Price will decrease with training. HillbillyFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015402908827739069noreply@blogger.com0