Whoa! Look at that!
“She is an all-around mare,” Johnson said, describing her seven-year-old
purebred Arabian horse Windy.
She stands 14.2 hands high. Johnson acquired the lovely 2004
mare as a two year old and started her under saddle at her home farm, where she
has six additional horses.
Johnson has described Windy as a sensitive horse and a calm and willing
learner.
“Windy is a sweet horse and very smart,” the Minnesota
equestrian explained. “She’s too smart, in fact. She’s the first one to figure
out when the pasture fence isn’t hot, or if someone forgets to latch the gate.
Fortunately, she just heads out to the front lawn to graze.”
“With her beautiful floating gaits, Windy is great at
Western Dressage,” Johnson added. The black mare is schooling in Western
Dressage, but she also does well with trail riding. And Johnson’s daughter
Kaija has been practicing barrel racing with the mare.
Based in Maple Lake, Minnesota, Johnson is active with Midwest Western Dressage, a regional
group of horseback riding enthusiasts in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Incorporated in 2010, Midwest Western Dressage offers
clinics and special events in this emerging discipline.
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