Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Team 91 - Lady Sophia


Hi my name is Jan Samford and the other member of my team is my mule Copyright's Lady Sophia, Sophie to her friends.

 We live near Bedford IA and we raise mules and have a cow/calf herd on our 160 acre farm. Besides Sophie, I have 3 broodmares (with 2 babies due in February),  the kid's 2 geldings, a yearling john mule a coming 2 yr old molly mule, and my newest addition a donkey (that I plan on breaking to ride this spring). 

My favorite view is looking over the ears of my mule while riding.  We've rode Shimek, Hacklebarney, Dixson Timber, Lake of 3 Fires and lots of other places in between. Our team name is "Lady Sophia".

Photo by JRAJ PHOTOGRAPHY

33 comments:

  1. I see you made it to the Derby! Looking forward to watching your progress and since Wonka will be next door to you all summer I imagine we'll get to ride together some!

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  2. DATE: 1/19/2013 MILES: 6.07
    Lady Sophia - Lake of Three Fires
    DATE: 1/20/2013 MILES: 5.53
    Lady Sophia - Lake of Three Fires

    MTD: 11.6

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  3. Welcome, Jan. I haven't heard of Hacklebarney or Dixson Timber. Where are they located?

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    1. Dixon Timber is near Carroll Iowa. Its a hilly,wooded area with electric hookups/water and an outhouse. Really good riding..
      Hacklebarney is near Villisa Iowa on HWY 34. It has water and good trails through woods and some ditches. Sophie and I enjoy riding both places, altho we get to Hacklebarney more often since its a lot closer. Let me know if you are headed to either trail, we'll try to meet you there.

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  4. 2-3-13 Sophie & I made a 6.1 mile ride. We had to stay mostly on the road since the fields were slick on top and still froze underneath. I rode bareback and did quite a bit of trotting and some loping - good for the leg muscles.

    Jan Samford
    Team Lady Sophia

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    1. Yes much warmer.

      Jan - Lady Sophia

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  6. Sophi & I logged 7.23 miles on Feb. 18. Good thing we rode that morning cause it turned colder and the wind picked up.

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  7. Saturday, March 23rd Sophie and I enjoyed a 4.41 mile ride, as we were riding I received a text that a new Copyright mule and been born so of course, I had to detour to meet the new arrival at Rafter CF Training & Mule Co., home of Chris & Kelli French and 1st Choice Colonel's Copyright. It was a windy ride and started snowing, but I thoroughly enjoyed my ride.

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  8. Sunday, April 21st, we finally had a chance to ride again. It was a just an hour ride but we covered 2.69 miles.
    Its been raining alot and even tho I am busy with my equine every day, I couldn't believe it had been a month since I have had a chance to get a ride in.

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  9. Saturday April 27th we rode 2.35 miles.

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  10. Good morning! I'd like to add another partner to my team. My donkey, Matilda. If thats possible to do, then we logged 3.16 miles last night. She is a very willing donkey and we are making good progress.

    Jan

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  11. Hi Jan, glad to see you logging miles with your donkey. Your miles are you and any equine of your choosing :-)

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  12. Yeah! I got to ride some more AND remembered to log my miles. 6-14 we rode 4.17 and 6-15 we rode 2.31. We went to Farmington Iowa rode for close to 4 hours and I totally forgot to use my GPS. We did have an awesome ride tho!
    Thanks
    Jan, Sophie and Matilda

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  13. Hate when that happens :-( I try to remember to put my GPS in my pocket before I saddle so it is there when I mount up :-)

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    1. I'll have to try to remember that! Super Moon -- we took advantage of it. We logged 3 miles under the full moon! It was a beautiful night to ride on June 22nd. The company was fantastic too!

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  14. On June 25 Sophie and I logged 3.10 miles. Thanks

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  15. Lots of riding last weekend! July 6th Sophie and I logged 9.61 miles. On July 7th Matilda & I logged 9.80 miles. Long ride for my donkey! She was pooped!

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  16. Yippee! Another good weekend for riding. Sophie and I rode to the Hopkins Picnic for the parade and back home on Sat. July 13th. for a total of 10.99 miles. Then on Sunday, the 14th, some trail riding and arena work for another 6.12 miles.

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  17. We were able to add a few more miles this week. They don't add up as fast if you are working in an arena. Ha Ha. Friday July 19th we rode 3.86 miles.

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  18. Really pays to keep track of my arena time. Rafter CF Mule Show & Trail Challenge is August 3rd & 4th so last night July 30th we spent a couple hours in the arena, logging a total of 8.16 miles.

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  19. Please add 5.68 miles for Sophie and I on Aug. 7th.

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  20. Great job, you are at 104.34 miles!

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  21. Thanks - it feels good to finally be logging some consistant miles. Sophie & I logged another 6.72 miles on 8-11-13. Its crazy how many miles you can log working in the arena for our shows.

    Jan

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  22. Yup, looping those arenas the miles can add up :-)

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  23. Aug. 18th we logged 2.80 miles on a little trailride. I've been working in the arena but I have to remember to have my GPS on so I can count them. Oh well.

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  24. Yeah! We logged 7.65 miles at the Lake of 3 Fires on Sunday, September 8th. It was starting to get really humid by the time we finished.

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  25. On Thursday Sept. 26th Sophie and I logged 5.24 miles at the Lake of 3 Fires. On Saturday Sept. 28th we journeyed to Lexington MO for the weekend. We logged 5.23 miles on the 28th, 11.09 miles on the 29th, and 9.71 miles on the 30th before we headed home. We stayed at Big River Ranch near Lexington MO. Very friendly people with a trail for every type of rider and weather. I'd recommend a visit to their facility.

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  26. Love this fall weather! We logged another 5.54 miles at the Lake of 3 Fires on Saturday Oct. 5th.

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  27. Beautiful fall weather - gota love it! Sophie and I logged 4.8 miles on Sunday Oct. 20th.

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  28. Stephens Forest near Lucas Iowa is a great place to log some miles. Sophie I (along with about 20 other people) logged 9.80 miles on Saturday 10-26-13.

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  29. it was cold be we logged 3.99 miles on Sunday Nov. 24, 2013

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  30. Dec. 15th Sophie and I checked cows and fences. We logged 6.39 miles. It was so good to be back on my mule!

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