JJ Tennessee Walkers - My Dream Ride

08/17/2025

From the trail to the rail, fox trotters are incredibley versatile. Magnus is broke to pack, and can also lead a pack string. He's carried flags at a rodeo, and competed in competitive trail. Many people also use them to work cows or field trialing.

Irma the palomino is a four-year-old fox trotter in foal to Dusty for 2026. She is a great example of the breed with how easy she is to work with and also how easy her gait is.

Dusty is no longer standing to outside mares, that means the only way to get one of his foals is to buy one!

08/13/2025

Moments before the skies opened up. Got a short session of groundwork in on Tilly before thunder sent us running to the barn. Guess she'll help me clean the barn this morning.

It's been really tough the past few days, thinking of entering a CTR without Freda. I trust her and count on her so much.

Freda is going to have the next year off to heal and raise a baby. I sure do miss adventuring with her. Working with Tilly and the other 3-year-olds has kept my mind busy at least.

08/10/2025

New pictures of our beautiful Tundra. She is 2 years old and registered with CRTWH. She's a little carbon copy of her dam. Friendly, curious, kind.

Her sire line is one that I've had the pleasure to work with for years. My favourite thing about them is their mind and trainability. The gait is a bonus!

Tundra is available, her details are on my website.

08/07/2025

Just a few quick pics from around the ranch these days.
1. Odin and Freyja up to no good.
2. Tilly getting a little training refresher.
3. Freda getting a trim.
4. Trigger being his handsome self.

I did take Thyme and Signal off the market. Trigger bonded with Thyme, basically buying that gelding permanent residence for the foreseeable future.

With the passing of Jas, I just can't bear to let Signal go. I love seeing Jas live through her in a way. It makes my heart happy.

I do have a few young prospects up for sale still if anyone is looking for a well bred, registered, gaited MFT or TWH. I always keep my website up to date.

08/03/2025

This video is from 2011. This is a version of Jas I never knew. This was before humans failed her. The Jas I first met two years ago, was horribly neglected, foundered, with heaves. We nursed her back to help with our amazing veterinarian Dr. Melissa Smith at Westwind. She even gave birth to a beautiful buckskin filly last spring. She continued to suffer from a severe lameness in her back left leg and asthma. It has been a yo-yo game of getting her healthy, to having her decline, to getting her healthy again.

Today, we said good bye to Jas. No more suffering, no more pain, no more struggling to breathe. She was truly a kind soul and she will be dearly missed.

07/31/2025

07/12/2025

We are so excited to announce our new stallion, LL'S TRIGGERS FLASH O'GOLD.

Thank you Lesa!!!

He is everything I've wanted in a stallion. He is curious, friendly, laid back, not to mention well bred and beautiful. He is also full Heritage!

He is settling into his pasture with his new friend Thyme. ❤️

07/12/2025

Three of our fillies coming up for a drink.
Radar, Tundra and Yuma.

07/09/2025

Breeding season is officially done for the year. Dusty successfully settled five mares this season. Three registered MFT and two registered TWH. While five may not be a lot for some breeders, I try for quality over quantity. Two of these horses were outside mares.

Breeding Dusty to registered walkers is something I've wanted to try for a while, and even more so after I did research into his pedigree. The Tennessee Walker had a huge impact on his pedigree and on the MFT breed in general. Walking horses were used to improve the original stock, which was mostly a mix of Arabian, Morgan, and plantation horses. Saddlebreds and standardbreds were also used to improve the breed.

On another note, does anyone have any good recommendations for a senior supplement? Dusty already gets step six, best pulp and alfalfa cubes (soaked). Inthink he could use a boost of something though.

07/06/2025

He got what he deserved 🤣.
Troublemaker is MDR Tyr The Bold (Ebony's Dusty Lad) and future boss mare is MDR Witch's Moon (Carbonado's Midnight Moon).

07/04/2025

One of our horses that just quietly rocks whatever he does, is Tiberius. He is Steeve's big black gelding, and Steeve has only leant him to me two times.

The second time was last week in the Hummingbird when Freda came up lame during our first attempt to Lost Guide Lake. I rode Tiberius one day so Boss could have a day off between rides. I really enjoyed riding him, he's so much like Bloom.

Tiberius and Bloom are both sired by the late, great stallion Ultra's Major Threat. Both inherited the typical big gait and big engine of a Major baby.

We are so lucky that this lineage continues in Bloom's three surviving foals; Della, Yuma and Odin.

07/01/2025

5 riding days. 203 kilometers ridden. Onion Lake. Lost Guide Lake. Monument, the Burn. So many places explored with our crew! It was really hard to pick which photos to share.

Five years ago I bought a yearling with my mom from Slush Creek in Montana, and this was our first mountain trip together. It feels like it took forever, but also, he grew up in the blink of an eye. I always feel like my mom is with me when I ride him. 💔❤️