Mastodawn

Going Beyond English Riding in Young Adult Equestrian
When I think about the books I read growing up, the Saddle Club or the Thoroughbred series. They revolved either around English riding or thoroughbred horse racing. Though the Saddle Club had a friend (Janie, I believe her name was) who rode western on a ranch that they visited in the summer, no o
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#HorseTalk #DrivenDressage #vaulting #WesternRiding #YaAcademy

Kit Author Apr 3

I’m Hooked on Mini Whinnies
I admit, when Breyer first came out with their Mini Whinnies line of model horses (1:64) I thought they were a gimmick. They are micro miniatures, much smaller than stablemates, which are about 4" high and my favorite line of model horses. (Less storage space). But since I like to buy a blind bag when I go to the farm store to get feed, I decid
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#HorseTalk #ModelHorseHobby #Breyer #MicroMinatures #MiniWhinnies

Kit Author Feb 27

How Can I Write So Much About Horses?
As I'm working to get my young adult fantasy equestrian academy series out (You can pre-order Gaits of Magic on my site or your favorite retailer.), and am thinking about my equestrian contemporary fiction series, and I write this blog sitting in my office surrounded by model horses (Breyers) of various sizes, shap
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#HorseTalk #WritingWithHorses #HorseFantasy #HorseStories #WritingAboutHorses

Kit Author Feb 20

What Year of the Fire Horse Means To Me
We moved into the year of the fire horse just a few days ago, and my social media feed has been filled with posts about charging ahead, being impulsive, not being stagnant. And I can see that with the yang aspect of fire combined with the horse. I'm reminded of the Chariot tarot card, one where the chari
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#AuthorLife #HorseTalk #Chariot #FireHorse #goals #tarot #YearAhead #YearOfTheHorse

Kit Author Jan 16

Horses As Therapy
There's some bills I don't mind paying, and for me that's the horse expenses. I mean after all, I look at what I'm spending and I could either be paying that in copays to a medical system that has shown time and time again that it has failed me (I am in rural Missouri where "we don't treat pain" has turned into "we don't treat bodies in pain for anythi
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#HorseTalk #EquineTherapy #HorseHealing #horses #MentalHealth #PhysicalTherapy

Kit Author Dec 26

Thinking About A Course On Writing Horses
Last month I did an AMA type event over on Mastodon and I really had a lot of fun. One of the questions I was asked was "will you ever make a course on writing about horses?". Now I know there've been a couple of books on the topic, and I either have purchased them or they're on a list to purchase (at this point
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#HorseTalk #AuthorEducation #courses #horses #writing #WritingCommunity

Kit Author Dec 12

Heavy Heart, Warm Muzzle
CW: This post discusses pet grief, knowledge of pet loss, and senior horse health issues.

I place my hands on either side of Thunder's broad head and kiss his forehead. He sniffs my face, sometimes touches his muzzle to my forehead, and then he gets the kind of big squish hug you can give a 1200 pound animal who soaks up attention like a sponge soaks up water. The
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#HorseTalk #HeartHorses #HorseHealth #SeniorHorses

Sport Ponies 🐎🐴🍁Oct 9, 2025

horse : "tell that #Ass don't touch #MyASS" 😂🤣😅 #HorseTalk #WHOA 😂😂😂 #GeldHim that might help!!

Kit Author Oct 3, 2025

Supply Chain Interruptions and Feed Changes
A couple of weeks ago when I went to buy horse feed I had a shock when I found out the feed store was out of what I usually fed. Mostly because this is a feed that's made by the feed store, albeit in another town, so I thought they'd never run out. When MFA closed my local store, leaving me only with one that was an h
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#HomesteadLife #HorseTalk #HorseCare #HorseFeed #HorseKeeping

Kit Author Jun 9, 2025

An interesting equine use for AI (Preventing Racetrack Injuries)
I don't keep up with horse racing as much as I used to, though there's still a blog I visit. Partially because I have very mixed feelings about the sport, but also frankly all the scandals around Bob Baffert (a big name trainer) and the Triple Cro
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#HorseTalk #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #OTTBs #Racehorses #RacetrackBreakdowns #Thoroughbreds