Tag: Flag horse

  • Receiving A Message On The Wind

    Receiving A Message On The Wind

    Have you ever had an experience where time seemed to stop just for you? Where goosebumps prickled your skin and you just knew it was a special, spiritual moment? I had one of those moments not too long ago. Just two days before I carried the American flag, actually. Let me start in the past.…

  • How To Train Your Horse To Carry The American Flag: Part II

    How To Train Your Horse To Carry The American Flag: Part II

    This post is the continuation of How To Train Your Horse To Carry The American Flag in which I give you the running commentary for my journey in training to carry the American flag for the Eugene Pro Rodeo. When I last left off, I had successfully loped with my home made “flag” (an old…

  • How To Train Your Horse To Carry The American Flag

    How To Train Your Horse To Carry The American Flag

    Build a “flag” out of a 10 foot PVC pipe, an old tablecloth, and some strong flexi-ties. Carry the flag past your horse’s stall. Clean leg wounds from him sailing out of his stall and into the run in an effort to escape the scary-flappy-thing. Decide he’s definitely not fit for grand entry. Nervously ask…