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Once Upon An Island...
…Lived a small group of Arabian horses. They arrived from the East, their descendants traveled the West and eventually all over the world! In 1963, trainer Joe Dawkins won the first National award for Catalina Island Arabians in Dallas, Texas. No one knows for certain how that trophy traveled back to the Trophy Room at El Rancho Escondido, but what I can tell you is that the newest trophy coming from an Arabian National Championship show was hand carried from Tulsa to Cata
Kathy Troxler
Oct 26


Team Trox at Arabian Nationals 2025
Hello from Team Trox in Tulsa! Mike and I will be (again!) focused on the Pavilion Arena and Trail Semi-Finals today and then this evening we'll move over to the Mustang Arena for the first of the Ranch Riding classes. First up was the In-Hand Trail for the Adult Amateurs followed by the Semi-Finals in the Half-Arabian and Purebred Trail Open and then after that, the Half-Arabian and Purebred English Trail for the AAOTR group. And then, sometime after 4:30 will be Showmanship
Kathy Troxler
Oct 17


Challenge Accepted
Recently trainer Jesse Chase was featured in a podcast where he recounts the tale of his ride in the Arabian Working Western Allience...
Kathy Troxler
Oct 4


Of Beasts, Moonlight and Maine
Originally posted April 2020, I'm reposting this blog about Evelyn Baig and Rella to help garner support for Evelyn's efforts to send...
Kathy Troxler
Sep 1


The Gauntlet-As told by Sharon
Hillcrest Breeze photo by Jeff Janson The best Christmas tradition in our family is our joy of "making"! Our earliest Christmas presents...

Kathy and Sha
Jul 24


Vintage Palominos
I’m always on the hunt for any bit of information I can find relating to the Wrigley family ranch, El Rancho Escondido, on Catalina...
Kathy Troxler
Apr 14


Sally James Farnham-Scupltor
From our first sight of the statue of Simon Bolivar in Central Park (that would have been in 2016 when we were there for the Arabian...
Kathy Troxler
Mar 24


Horse Girls through History: Lis Hartel
The story and amazing accomplishments of Lis Hartel are certainly worth remembering! Lis Hartel, first female Olympic Equestrian...
Kathy Troxler
Mar 17


Women's History Month-Mary Harriman Rumsey
Horse Girls Through History- Women's History Month Feature
Kathy Troxler
Mar 14


The Travels of Whiskey Hill
This story of travel is about when the modest travels of Team Trox intersected with the (much more extensive) travels of Cheryl and Joe....
Kathy Troxler
Jan 23


Who's Gonna' Fill Their Shoes, Who's Gonna' Stand that Tall?
A Homage to "colt starters" everywhere

Kathy and Sha
Dec 8, 2024


Holiday Horse Pictures -Michael Troxler
What's an equine photographer to do on a cold winter night in Central New York? Once upon a time (and not that long ago) Mike was just...
Kathy Troxler
Nov 19, 2024


Holiday Horses
Originally posted 2014 Last week I posted a blog about Mike's experiment for Holiday Horse photos indoors! That post featured three grey...
Kathy Troxler
Nov 19, 2024


A Pilgrimage to The Horse Fair
Almost everyone that has an interest in horses has probably seen an image of Rosa Bonheur’s painting of The Horse Fair, and for good...
Kathy Troxler
Sep 23, 2024


Motivational Monday! Ride with a Smile!
During my time working the front desk at the AHA National show, it was my pleasure to meet many, many interesting people. And it was my very great privilege to meet a very special horsewoman by the name of Karolyn Kime. The first year I met her a simple request for a show program led to her fascinating story of her career with her Arabian stallion Rajag. And while Rajag was remarkable, it’s Karolyn herself that prompted me share her story. She’s the type of woman that didn’t
Kathy Troxler
Sep 16, 2024


America's Response Monument; The Horse Soldier
Today seemed like a great day to share a blog post from when Mike and I had the opportunity to visit New York City and crossed off two...
Kathy Troxler
May 27, 2024


Vera McGinnis: Pioneer Cowgirl
Vera McGinnis first came to my attention during a search for vintage cowgirl photos and it should come as no surprise that any photo of...
Kathy Troxler
Mar 15, 2024


Horse Girls Through History: Lady Anne Blunt
In these days of over analyzing everything, I’m going to begin my post today by saying that when I call someone a 'Horse Girl' it’s the...
Kathy Troxler
Mar 3, 2024


Chloe & Robby-Holiday Horses
Any post that I write that includes the topic of "equine photography" is a joint effort. That's because while I know what I want in a...
Kathy Troxler
Dec 16, 2023


If There Were Oscars for Horses
If you’re not one of my friends that critiques the equestrian scenes in any movie you watch, then I’m sure you know someone that does....
Kathy Troxler
Mar 12, 2023
