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The continuing history of Arabian Horses on Santa Catalina Island

If I get Mike a Christmas present and subsequently get the benefits, is it really a present for Mike or is it for me? Hmmm. Seems like the perfect example of a TeamTrox sort of thing. In this case Mike has very happily upgraded to a new Canon camera with some nifty new accessories and (as I often do) I set him a last minute holiday challenge, So from Mike and Kath at El Rancho Escondido we wish you the very best of holidays. How do we celebrate it here on Catalina Island? I

…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

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

Recently trainer Jesse Chase was featured in a podcast where he recounts the tale of his ride in the Arabian Working Western Allience...

Originally posted April 2020, I'm reposting this blog about Evelyn Baig and Rella to help garner support for Evelyn's efforts to send...

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

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...

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...

The story and amazing accomplishments of Lis Hartel are certainly worth remembering! Lis Hartel, first female Olympic Equestrian...

Horse Girls Through History- Women's History Month Feature

This story of travel is about when the modest travels of Team Trox intersected with the (much more extensive) travels of Cheryl and Joe....

A Homage to "colt starters" everywhere

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...

Originally posted 2014 Last week I posted a blog about Mike's experiment for Holiday Horse photos indoors! That post featured three grey...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...