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Dealing With Passing

Published by GHC • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: Odds & Ends

by SB | At some point or another, one of the horses we hold near and dear to our hearts passes away. Whether it’s your new racehorse that broke his cannon during a race and had to be put down, or your favorite lesson pony…



Internet Safety

Published by GHC • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Odds & Ends

by tash, age 12
Internet safety is a BIG deal! I know it sounds silly to say that someone could somehow get your home information and stalk or possibly injure you, but unfortunately they could do even worse things. Although most websites are safe and friendly, some can be badly built, and the people who visit [...]



Spring Fever

Published by LeadMare • Mar 16th, 2008 • Category: GHC News, Odds & Ends

SPRING HAS SPRUNG! I don’t know about you, but this time of year makes me absolutely giddy. The days are getting longer, the temperature is getting warmer, and the sunshine brings abundant flora. There’s color everywhere! And let’s face it; although we’ll brave the elements to be around horses, there’s nothing like seeing nature’s new [...]



Meet Alexa

Published by GHC • Mar 11th, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Odds & Ends

Hi! I’m Alexa and today is my 18th birthday. I’ll graduate from high school this year and have already started college courses.
I have Cerebral Palsey and started horseback riding when I was 10 years old. Riding helps with my balance and overall physical health.
I was taking lessons from our friend Rob. When he got [...]



Keep Your Head Up!

Published by GHC • Feb 17th, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Odds & Ends

by Mustang_Heart, age 13
You went to the GHC website first thing when you woke up to see how the Junior Blogger finals were going. In your head, you’ve already dreamed of what it will be like to win. Yet, this isn’t what you expected. You blink your eyes and refresh the page just to be [...]



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 [...]



Magical Horses

Published by GHC • Feb 8th, 2008 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Odds & Ends

by tash, age 12

Every day, night, hour, week, minute, even second a horse weaves their captivating magic to a fortunate human. We all deeply desire this promising moment where we find a true bond that is stronger then love. Only horses can give us the fulfilling magic. This magic can be instant; it may be [...]



Fantasy vs. Reality

Published by GHC • Feb 7th, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Archives, Odds & Ends

by SB, age 13
There comes a time in every girl’s life where they have to make the jump from fantasy to reality: fantasies of that coal black stallion that races only for you; of being a princess on a snowy white horse; of a dream farm already planned out with the horses’ names and breeds [...]



Eyes of a Horse

Published by GHC • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: Junior Blogger Archives, Odds & Ends

Photo by: R’eyes
by Allison, age 12
Through the eyes of a horse, all horse girls are heroes. In the eyes of a horse, you see your reflection and it changes who you are. Through the eyes of a horse, you learn all your horse wants is love. In the eyes of a horse, you see it [...]



The Hope of a New Year

Published by GHC • Jan 4th, 2008 • Category: Junior Bloggers, Odds & Ends, by Rebecca Shyly

by Rebecca Shyly, age 11
Wow! 2008. I can’t believe it’s already here. To people all over the world, the New Year brings many new hopes and dreams. Horse girls are no different. Those of us who don’t have horses might be hoping we get one in the coming year. Or maybe you really want to [...]