Leslie Wylie

Get in Shape After the Holidays with Evention

Who needs a gym membership when you’ve got a barn aisle?

If you’re ready to get back in shape after an overindulgent holiday season, or if you just feel like laughing at Dom Shramm’s barn aisle ballet moves, we’ve got your hookup.

Evention is produced by Jimmie and Dom Shramm of Schramm Equestrian and is filmed by Right Start Photography.

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Go Evention, and Go Riding!

The Idea of Order’s Greatest New Year’s Comic Hits

This is Morgane Schmidt’s third New Year’s as a Horse Nation cartoonist/writer. Join us in reliving the hilarity of her January 1 comics from 2013 and 2014!

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Go Riding!

Morgane Schmidt Gabriel is a 31-year-old teacher/artist/dressage trainer/show announcer/ who still hasn’t quite decided what she wants to be when she grows up. A native Floridian, she now lives in Reno, NV, where she’s been able to confirm her suspicion that snow is utterly worthless. Though she has run the gamut of equestrian disciplines, her favorite is dressage. She was recently able to complete her USDF bronze and silver medals and is currently working on her gold. Generally speaking her life is largely ruled by Woody, a 14.2 hand beastly quarter horse, Willie, a gawky 4-year-old Dutch gelding, and Stormy, her friend’s nearly all white paint gelding with a penchant for finding every mud hole and pee spot in existence. Visit her website at www.theideaoforder.com.

photo by Tamara Torti

7 Craigslist Christmas Ponies

Lord help us all.

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#1: Snow white “except the mud” pony mare” named French Fry for the win.

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“French Fry” is a snow white “except the mud” pony mare that is just the pony for them little cowboys and cowgirls that need bombproof and puppy dog gentle. She does ride on her own without leadline and is just one step at a time slow poke when she does. She has been a party pony and used on a pony carousel. She’s perfectly safe as a backyard pony and one they can spend hours playing with even if they are not riding her. They can climb on her over her under her all the things a little one is gonna do till they learn better. She is 12 hands tall and 13 yrs old. We are asking $550 for French Fry and $250 for the brand new saddle that is on her in the video. It is a 12 inch buckskin stiched American made saddle and been on pony one time. Located at Gilmer Tx.

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#2: The pony is cute, but the kid forced against his will to hold him? Priceless.

1Three ponies for sale. I gelding and two mares. Just in time for Christmas, Contact Andy for an appointment. Each ready to ride….. $450 EACH

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#3: They’ll “throw in a Jack Ass for free!”

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Grade Horse, Walking Horse. Hasn’t been rode much in the last year. We have too many and one has to go! Easy catch, very gentle. We will even throw in a Jack Ass for free! Up to date on all shots, coggins, worming. Hoofs trimmed every six weeks. We call him Buddy Redford! Serious inquires only Email me if interested.

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#4: Maybe healthy, maybe not?! Maybe leadline broke, maybe not?! Maybe comes with tack, maybe not?! You should buy this pony, or maybe not?!

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#5: Another truly Craigstlist-y Craigslist sales photo.

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9 year old register miniature bay gelding. Great disposition with lots of personality. 38″ tall. Can be ridden. No kick bite or buck. Very nice little horse for kids. Has had some experience driving, but is not yet a finished carting horse.

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#6. Imagine the look on your horse-crazy child’s face when you tell her you got her a pony and then…

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Great ride on toy. Bounces up and down to make it move. Horse is loved… Mane and tail are a little matted but still really cute.

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#7. “Rode many a kid…”

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Readers, if you run across an “interesting” ad in your Internet wanderings, send it our way! Email the link to [email protected]. Who knows – maybe you’ll help connect a horse with a safe, loving home. Go Riding.