WEEK 14 | Mexico a Caballo
“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.” Robert Jordan WEEK 14 | Mexico a Caballo Week 14 continued with my rest in La Guada, outside of Puerto Veracruz. DAY 101 | Flat walking away from the...
Thank You MAD BARN!!!
THANK YOU MAD BARN! Your supplements keep Roxy walking on strong!!! Contact Scott to find out how he can help you with your performance horse. ...
PART 3- Reclaiming my dream
PART 3: RECLAIMING MY DREAM I’m setting up my next journey into being the ride of my life. An opportunity of a lifetime to ride and write, shoot and share. My first ride was all about getting down to Guatemala. We were on a mission to get there as fast as...
Chasing Green Grass
Roxy is rocking it these days. We’ve been doing some short intense rides and we’ve improved her diet since February. We had some poor feed in January and February, but we got a better source of hay in March. We also started adding soy into the Omelina 300...
The Beginning
I bought my first horse in the summer of 2014, for the trip I just finished last September. I bought Roxy a little over 4 years ago to accompany Jingles. In the beginning, I made so many mistakes with the 2 of them, I’m so glad Jingles was dead broke and...
Our dry season feed program
https://youtu.be/ii9uR-F9Dfg This is what I feed Roxy now that we are in the dry season. Roxy 925lbs Per day: 1. 1/5th roughage bale ~10lbs 1/3 quality bale 42lb ~14lbs Fed over 4 meals 2. 3 of the 4 meals include feed: Each time 1lb Afrecho (wheat bran) 1lb Omelina...
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What I’m about to say is worth THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. It’s the most IMPORTANT THING FROM MY TRIP: Fitting a saddle for both horse and rider is never easy. Doing it for a 5000 mile long ride with extra weight from saddle bags, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THIS IS...OUR SPONSORS
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Author and organic grower Chris MacLuckies’ journey into commercial agri-culture began through a government sponsored, Canadian Organic Growers (COG) endorsed apprenticeship, outside of Hamilton, Ontario.
Since then he has farmed organics commercially, volunteered in Guatemala, ran a gardening business, raised and raced sled dogs, tended his livestock, and ridden his horses. Over the last 20 years he has worked on over a hundred gardens and farms. Chris is a certified TEFL ESL English Teacher and author of several books.
As of September 2017 he is on horseback exploring food, farms and horses across North America.