THERE IS ALWAYS A GIFT WITHIN EVERY TRIAL THAT IS EQUAL TO OR
GREATER THAN THE TRIAL ITSELF

I have trained and shown cutting horses for a lifetime.

As a professional trainer, I can remember sad trips home when I bombed out of a national cutting competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Sometimes I lamented my mistakes during the entire four-hour drive from North Texas to South Texas. UGH!

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One of the biggest challenges of cutting and cow horse riders is to find and maintain a “deep” seat.

If you’re like many riders, try as you may, you just can’t seem to master a consistent and deep connection to your horse through your seat.

Perhaps, you don’t feel stable in the saddle when you work a cow.

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I remember a time when I was feeling overwhelmed … and not particularly successful.

I had a lot of stuff to do and not a lot of time.

And the worst thing was I felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere. Busy. Frustrated. I was feeling a little stuck.

Then I started to think about two people I admired in my world of cutting horses.

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Have you ever heard a new idea … and then it shows up again from another person … and then again?

That happened to me in the past few months. I love that. I believe it means I’m supposed to pay attention to the idea.

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Here’s to you!

I wish you joy, peace and the love of horses, family and friends this holiday.

Enjoy this season. It truly is such a special, loving time of the year.

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I grew up in Southern Illinois. I was one of five children. We all worked within the family business of buying, showing and selling the 400 plus horses owned by Mom and Dad.

Our parents worked hard. Dad especially was not one to take time off. But on Thanksgiving and Christmas, he would stop long enough to have Mom’s scrumptious turkey dinner with family and friends.

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Every year at this time, a committee within the NCHA chooses the recipient of the Zane Schulte Award (in memory of our son, Zane). This is a humanitarian award given each year which acknowledges a professional trainer who exemplifies ethics, character and contribution to our industry.

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I’m very excited about this year as I have more time to create new projects and plot out new travel adventures. A new website is on the horizon, too!

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Our lives are journeys full of lessons to learn on and off of a horse. Sometimes the lessons are fun to learn. Other times they come with a little bite in the backside. Here are ten ideas I learned in 2016 that I will take with me going forward into 2017.

Regarding the beloved horse, I learned:

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TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

"12 GIFTS OUR HORSES GIVE TO US”

“THE GIFT OF A DREAM”

On Day 12 of the Twelve Days of Christmas
… our horses give the gift of living our dreams.

We were all born with very personal and unique dreams.

We are all meant to realize these adventures and have a 
rich life day-by-day all along the way.

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TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

“12 GIFTS OUR HORSES GIVE TO US”

“THE GIFT OF GIVING”

On Day 11 of the Twelve Days of Christmas
… our horses give us the gift of giving.

By the fact that horses depend on us,
we experience the joy of giving to them.

They would do almost anything for a cookie!

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