Trainers Equitation class benefiting the Hollywood Toi Foundation which raised over $60,000 last night! Congratulations to all on a fantastic class!  The horse path at the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park   Misdee Wrigley Miller driving her Four in Hand team with the ladies of the World Coaching Club.   Mr. Jack Pemberton and Elizabeth escorted Postillion style to the Grand Opening of the new home of the Carriage Association of America at the Kentucky Horse Park.   Guests watching the ribbon cutting by President Tom Burgess of the new Carriage Association of America building.   Warm up arena at the...

Where we answer your tack related questions. Any one that has spent time talking to me about saddle and harness fit knows that I am not a fan of saddle or harness pads. My theory is clear and concise and is definitive to the way we make and fit harness and saddles. As far as I am concerned, a saddle pad is just a Band-aid for a poor fitting saddle nothing more. If a saddle fits your horse correctly and the horse performs at his highest level then why would a pad ever be used? Taking all of this into...

Part Two of the Oklahoma tour begins. We have packed up in Oklahoma City, made the 120 mile drive, unpacked again and have re-set in Tulsa at Expo Square for the US Nationals Arabian and Half-Arabian Show. Here the best will show in more divisions than I can name. Freedman's concern this week will be in the English, Hunter, Show Hack, Halter and Driving divisions. This booth is slightly different than the one we used last week in OKC, as last week we were on carpet, this week we will use our Foam Tile wood look alike floor that gained...

Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma State Fair Grounds are what I call the finest indoor show facility in America. Almost every barn is connected by an overhead canopy to shelter from the rain all the way to the show ring. Modern stalls that are high quality, safe and functional, good footing and a show ring that speaks volumes to what a true National Championship venue should be. The finest Morgan show horses, versatile in more ways than almost any other breed, presented in Harness, Halter, Hunter, English, Western, Carriage and many more make up the Morgan Grand National and World...

Well, here I go again, 4:45 wake up and off to the Park and Fly at Toronto's Pearson Airport, where my truck will live in a paid parking space for 2 weeks, until my return from the Arabian Nationals in Tulsa Oklahoma. Thus begins the "Fall" horse show circuit for Freedman's. This group of shows primarily consists of four large events. I will comment on each individually as I journey through what are the largest shows for Morgan Horses, USA (Grand National?) and World Championships, Arabian Horses, US National Championships, both in Oklahoma. The multi-breed and finest indoor horse show...