Background courtesy
Destiny's Lady

Totem Bird courtesy
Bearchele, Inc.

Bright Vaquero
(aka Dax)

in november of 1997 I became the proud owner of my appaloosa horse and first horse of my own since I was sixteen. since owning dax I have realized first-hand the special nature of this wonderful breed - their affection, their intelligence and willingness to learn.

I had not known anything about the appaloosa until owning dax and ordering many great books on them from amazon.com. I was impressed at how dax took to training at such a young age (five years old) with virtually no training prior to me purchasing him. he had been started by his previous owner, backed a few times, but the majority of his training has been done by myself.

update 2013: sometimes I wonder where I come up with this stuff. I wrote the above sometime back in early 2000 and I have lived with Dax now for more than fifteen years. who am I kidding?? everyone knows that Dax is a huge smart-a@@, pain in my behind, crabby old crotchety b@stard! LOL

coming soon!
Dax's "from lame to sound" story of 2010-2013

I am working on updating the site and will be posting a diary of my last three years trying to get Dax sound. stay tuned.

dax's stuff.

fox hunting in carbondale with egon december 2001 december 2001 was record-breaking warm with temperatures in the 60s. we took advantage of it by loading dax into the trailer and scooting down to carbondale to stay with my favorite horsey friend, Dr. egon kamarasy. event photos from may 1998 to july 1999 see us in full color action! every event with photos, from may 1998 to july 1999. super bee two-horse trailer purchase 1999 this trailer was custom-created for dax with an extra foot in the length. it is an excellent quality all-steel horse trailer which I purchased for a very good price from Tennesse in august of 1999. carbondale/shawnee trip april 1999 april 1999 photo album of trip to carbondale (southern illinois) and the shawnee national forest with my riding partners, priscilla and tina, and their horses dinant and shiloh. amazing new dressage test october 1998 a funny interpretation of a typical dax dressage test !! new clinician in town september 1998 into john lyons? monty roberts? pony boy? then this is for you! professional photos september 1998 photos by robyn adair cook at oakwood farm polo field move to oakwood farm may 1998 our move from morton grove equestrian center to a private farm in barrington hills dax purchase november 1997 first pictures after purchase, mostly winter trail pics baby pictures, 4mos to 4yrs jill adair denker (notice the similarity to photographer name, weird huh?) sent these to me for the web site. she raised dax from four months to five years.

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