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The Pegasus on the Mantle

Published by GHC • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Loft Book Club Favorites

by Angelica | Selah strode past the fireplace in the living room. She stopped and reached up to stroke the pearl statuette of a Pegasus on the mantle. It’s moon-colored wings were fully spread, it’s hind feet were on the ground, and it’s forelegs were outstretched, as if it wanted to fly…



How To Draw a Horse - Part 1 of 2

Published by GHC • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Arts and Crafts, How It's Made

by Mustang_Heart | From the earliest forms of cave drawings, to Leonardo Da Vinci, and to today’s modern artists, you’ll see that horses always seem to find their way into an artist’s work - and who could blame them? With so many different breeds, personalities, gaits, postures, and uses, an artist could spend her whole life creating nothing but masterpieces filled with horses. Maybe you too were inspired by the amazing horse, and picked up a pencil or a paintbrush and tried to imitate the horse’s unique body shape, only to walk away disappointed, feeling that you have no artistic talent. Now, ask yourself this - did you ever think you just had the wrong approach to it?



Junior Blogger Finals: Results

Published by LeadMare • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Finals

CONGRATULATIONS to all who participated in the Junior Blogger Finals. Each of you have a unique talent and are an important part of the *real* life that pulses through our virtual barn. Special thanks to the readers who voted. After all, what’s the point of having a team of rock star bloggers if there’s no [...]



PREVIEW: My Horse and Me

Published by LeadMare • Feb 26th, 2008 • Category: Games, Previews & Reviews

by LeadMare | Last month GHC was contacted by someone representing Atari to tell us about a new horse game that may interest you…



REVIEW: Wild Horse Island by Terri Farley

Published by GHC • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Books and Writing, Previews & Reviews, by Rebecca Shyly

by Rebecca Shyly | Terri Farley has done it again! This time instead of the dry desert of Nevada the Wild Horse Island stories take place in the tropical islands of Hawaii…



Presenting the Junior Blogger Finals!

Published by LeadMare • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Finals

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Our hearts go out to the talented horse girls who stepped up for a shot at being the next Junior Blogger. Each writer has put her heart into writing for your enjoyment, education, and inspiration. The bar is high and the competition is steep.
Voters, you have a *very* tough job but [...]



Resting Place for Ponies

Published by GHC • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: International Horse, Junior Blogger Archives, Junior Blogger Finals

by Allison, age 12
Fforest Uchaf Farm has long sat on a hill, watching the hustle and bustle of life in the valley below. But it is a serene resting place away from the world for abused horses and ponies who need a little love. Some of the most amazing residents are the pit ponies, little [...]



Bonding: Always There

Published by GHC • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Finals, Odds & Ends, by Jeanna Briggs

by Jeanna Briggs, age 13
Sometimes, something bad has to happen in order for something good to happen. A few years ago, my favorite horse Go-Go Girl died. She had been with my family twenty-four years, and was the oldest horse we owned. She was so old, in fact, that she had been my mom’s horse [...]



Giving Second Chances

Published by GHC • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Junior Blogger Finals, Take a Stand

by Lauren, age 10
Do you know what it is like when you feel God gave you a second chance in life? Example: If you had a major or terrible accident and were really close to dying, but God decided that it wasn’t time for you to go.
A horse is a sensitive, beautiful creature that wanders [...]



Seabiscuit: A Legend

Published by GHC • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: International Horse, Junior Blogger Finals, Junior Bloggers, by SB

by SB, age 13
No one could have guessed that a cultural icon would be born right in the middle of the Great Depression, a time when there wasn’t much joy and hope in the world. Seabiscuit was born on May 23, 1933, as the grandson of the great Man o’ War. Though he had great [...]