Cherry Hill A collection of articles and tips by author Cherry Hill on ground training, mounted training, English and Western riding, arena exercises, horse health care, hoof care, lameness, buying and selling horses, grooming, showing, and horse facilities design and maintenance. This newsletter is a personal letter from me to you, a fellow horse owner and enthusiast. My goal is to send you interesting stories and helpful seasonal tips for your horse care, training, and riding. Sassy was right on schedule, giving birth to a vigorous, darling and precocious bay colt that I have named Sherlock, after my very favorite detective as played by the late Jeremy Brett.
Sherlock is confident, clever, and investigative.
He is an excellent student. One of the most frequent questions I am asked is whether I imprint my foals. Academically, the answer is no. That's because the definition of imprinting as I've defined in my book, The Formative Years is really species bonding. This is the process of dam and species bonding that takes place during the first few hours after birth.