Member - Brenda
I owned my first horses when I was 20 years old – a grade QH
mare and a Welsh/Arab mare. I learned to horse camp at
Brown County, sleeping in the back of a pick-up with straw for a
mattress. Ahhh, those were the days! I even had pneumonia
at the time, but it didn’t stop me then!
We sold the horses to move to Fort Wayne in 1985 due to a job
transfer. I attended IPFW for an Associates Degree in Nursing
and kinda forgot about horses. Then, a friend asked me to
take riding lessons with her and I was back in the game! By the
time I had completed 6 months of English lessons on a grumpy
pinto, I was trying to lease a horse to avoid the “School Horse
Syndrome”. You know the type – a horse burnt out and trying
to get away with everything!!!
mare and a Welsh/Arab mare. I learned to horse camp at
Brown County, sleeping in the back of a pick-up with straw for a
mattress. Ahhh, those were the days! I even had pneumonia
at the time, but it didn’t stop me then!
We sold the horses to move to Fort Wayne in 1985 due to a job
transfer. I attended IPFW for an Associates Degree in Nursing
and kinda forgot about horses. Then, a friend asked me to
take riding lessons with her and I was back in the game! By the
time I had completed 6 months of English lessons on a grumpy
pinto, I was trying to lease a horse to avoid the “School Horse
Syndrome”. You know the type – a horse burnt out and trying
to get away with everything!!!
Well, the lease search was going poorly and my hubby, my poor, allergic hubby, told me to just
buy a horse! Boy, I haven’t let him forget that statement!
I had never heard of a foxtrotter, but was shopping at a tack store and asked what breed the
clerk thought was best for trail riding. She laughed and told me they sold foxrotters, so that is
how I found Velvet’s Dynamite. They told me he was an ex-show horse and I should plan to
show him, but all I wanted was a trail horse.
I loved his personality from the start, but it took us 6 months to really bond. I borrowed a truck,
rented a trailer, and hauled him to the 2001 IFTA trail ride/fun show at Country Haven. I
decided if he didn’t do well on trails, maybe someone from the club would want to buy him. Well,
he is a trail horse extraordinaire and will not be sold again!
I have shown him in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Ava with varying success. But the one thing
that is always consistent: I have a big grin when I’m riding!!!!
Our biggest adventure is yet to come: a 3 week trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota this
summer. I have a conditioning schedule figured out and won’t be with you on some of the spring
or early summer rides, but I’ll be with you in spirit! I’ll tell you all about it and you will be SICK of
looking at my pictures, but I plan to have a great time.
Brenda and Dino the Magnificent
buy a horse! Boy, I haven’t let him forget that statement!
I had never heard of a foxtrotter, but was shopping at a tack store and asked what breed the
clerk thought was best for trail riding. She laughed and told me they sold foxrotters, so that is
how I found Velvet’s Dynamite. They told me he was an ex-show horse and I should plan to
show him, but all I wanted was a trail horse.
I loved his personality from the start, but it took us 6 months to really bond. I borrowed a truck,
rented a trailer, and hauled him to the 2001 IFTA trail ride/fun show at Country Haven. I
decided if he didn’t do well on trails, maybe someone from the club would want to buy him. Well,
he is a trail horse extraordinaire and will not be sold again!
I have shown him in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Ava with varying success. But the one thing
that is always consistent: I have a big grin when I’m riding!!!!
Our biggest adventure is yet to come: a 3 week trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota this
summer. I have a conditioning schedule figured out and won’t be with you on some of the spring
or early summer rides, but I’ll be with you in spirit! I’ll tell you all about it and you will be SICK of
looking at my pictures, but I plan to have a great time.
Brenda and Dino the Magnificent