I like Stormy - wasn't there a Margurite Henry horse named Stormy - she reads all of those! I'll add it to the "list" - thanks!
A local cowboy poet wrote a poem, Stormy Taught Me To Ride. I'll copy it for her.
Stormy Taught Me To Ride by Harold Roy Miller
There's a lot of equine folks today who want to ride the easy way. They do not like a horse that rears or has any other quirks or fears
If a horse is barn sour, bucks or kicks or has a problem that is hard to fix, instead of giving gentle correction it winds in the classified section.
At one time my feelings were the same. I always gave the horse the blame. But I got advice that was behooving- it was my riding skills that needed improving.
I bought a horse called Storm's Laced in Black. At reading riders, she had the knack. On the ground, she was a teddy bear but in the saddle, a different mare.
She'd wreck my nerve and confidence. by catapulting me over a fence; or unseat me with a little crow hop and race for home, and never stop.
If I was a little too hard on the bit she would tend to throw a little fit. All this struggle had me drained til Stormy finally got me trained.
I decided to quit running scared and started getting myself prepared. It was a period of trial and error but I finally stopped those rides of terror.
My equine skills are better all around; you'll seldom see me on the ground. And I can say with a measure of pride, "My friend Stormy taught me to ride."
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