Horses are my passion

 The last 5 years has brought many changes to my horse life.  This year, 2020 brought the changes sharply into focus where I realize my mission in this blog is at an end.  And so my readers, I...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2020/09/this-is-wrap.html

American Saddlebreds CH Countess of Harbour View & Sky Pirate, and everyone at Noble Beasts Ranch,  wishing all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2017

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2016/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2017.html

I recently read an article written by Jessica Wright that really made me see my own learning experience put to words that could be shared with others.  Jessica is a certified Christian life coac...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2016/12/anyone-with-ears-to-hear.html

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Add caption

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-greetings.html

Having friends in the just completed 2014 Single Horse World Driving Championship in Izsak, Hungary, I followed the United States Team members closely through the FEI  and DrivingNews USA  Int...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-value-of-complete-training.html

JMF Anna Beam with Tom Simmons at Gilroy CDE   Last week, one of my favorite mares crossed into glory aided by her lifetime owner and trainer Tom Simmons.  She was a rare and unique mar...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2013/07/jmf-anna-beam-gone-to-glory.html

Last week I read a great blog post written by Nancy Kotting entitled The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Dressage Riders.  I requested and got her permission to reprint here on my blog so I could...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-ten-habits-of-highly-effective.html

We had a Tom Simmons horsemanship clinic at the ranch in June.  Being host caused me to miss most of the action.  I did get to see an excellent example of how horse training is "A thinking man'...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/11/if-front-door-is-closed-come-through.html

 There is an attitude that every horse owner should attain before walking to the barn to greet their horse for whatever is planned for the day.  Like clothing, this attitude is the uniform tha...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/05/be-captain-of-your-ship.html

If you missed part one of Whisper on the Wind you can read it  Here CuChullaine O'Reilly FRGS Before Jackie Robinson ever donned a Dodger uniform - there was Tom Bass. Before Rosa...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-american-horsemantom-bass-part.html

 IN HONOR of the great, unsung, black horsemen such as Tom Bass...I am happy to present a guest article prepared by Long Riders' Guild Academic Foundation and published in two parts in Horse ...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-american-horsemantom-bass.html

famous image by Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) owned by the Blue Cross...it illustrates the extraordinary bond that existed between soldiers and their horses. Below is an accompanying poem by poe...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/12/war-horsethe-movie-review.html

Lance wearing the bells in North Carolina My niece knocked herself out to make a memorable Thanksgiving for our small family; and so in return, I was thinking I'd take her along on our drivin...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/12/tis-season-for-bells.html

My spotted herd overlooking the Mother Lode I live on top of the Motherlode.  I expect to die either from a big tree falling or the ground opening up underneath me and swallowing me up in an...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/11/mule-power-in-hardrock-gold-mining.html

"one look into that hazel eye" It has been two years this week that I laid my best horse friend to rest.  I thought I'd reprise an article that I wrote on the occasion of his retirement from...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/11/remembering-great-horse.html

Tom giving young horse time to see where it is being directed directing into the water for the first time when horse became ready "let's just stand here and think more about the water ...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/10/being-on-tom-time.html

 Kitty Hawk Beach, NC Tom loading LH Kitty Hawk to visit her namesake My annual visit to see my good friends and horse trainer Tom Simmons, in North Carolina had a special treat involve...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/09/kitty-hawk-beach-riding.html

A touching memorial at Chipilly, France on the bank of the Somme river shows a WW1 soldier comforting his dying horse on the battlefield. I have no photographs of, nor did I ever meet my Ital...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-grandfathers-war-horse.html

This Christmas moviegoers will have a treat from director Steven Spielberg in the movie version of War Horse.  As a movie buff and Horse aficionado, this should be a "home run" movie for me.  ...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/08/war-horsethe-movie-trailer.html

I met friends for lunch in downtown Sacramento on Friday before making our way to see the documentary movie Buck which opened July 1st.  I have been looking forward to this because I have learne...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/07/buck-movie-review.html

Tom Simmons delivering Wishee to Kim in Fresno, CA A friend of mine bought a yearling, sight unseen, and shipped him directly to Tom Simmons farm in North Carolina to live and be trained bef...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/06/wisheean-old-friend-with-new-important.html

The ever serious Winfield Ever since it was suggested to me that I need a new horse, I have been thinking why we have the horses we do and what is our motivation to use and keep them when th...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/05/doing-best-we-can-with-what-we-have.html

I read this exchange from Jessica Jahiel's Horse Sense newsletter and it gave me opportunity to pass on to my readers some advice that I have discovered from another source.  No matter where it ...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/05/sick-and-tired-of-basics.html

How do you like to hear the message about what is true with horses?  Do you like to hear from the famous?  The one who wins the most?  The cutest?  The one with the foreign accent?  The one...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/05/message.html

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTICLES WRITTEN BY MY HORSE TRAINER, TOM SIMMONS.   THIS IS WHAT EVERY HORSE NEEDS BEFORE WORK TOGETHER CAN BEGIN... Also note that this article has been slightly r...

https://noblebeasts.blogspot.com/2011/03/peace-zone-by-tom-simmons.html