Deb Taylor's Page

A Panhandle Horse Forum!! What a great idea :) My name is Deb Taylor and I live in Harold which is located 9 miles East of downtown Milton.

My husband and I spent two decades building our dream hobby farm on five acres and were fortunate enough to buy near miles of ridable logging trails. Most recently, 11,000 surrounding acres was bought up by the state of FL and added to the BLW Forest. There are about 25 miles of trails that will eventually be sanctioned as state horse trails. For now, it is being clear-cut by the paper mill as part of the purchase agreement and will eventually be replanted in native long leaf pine. So some of the views are desolate but many are still beautiful. Having lived in this area for so long, I am used to clear cutting and replanting and know that it will be mega beautiful when all is done and the trails marked. I am just happy to know that the land will not be developed for housing!

I enjoy trail riding about twice/week for 1-3 hours at a time. I recently made the big switch from quarter-type horses to a gaited horse. Previously I had raised and trained Sierra, a bay 1/2 Morgan, but at 11 years of age I made the difficult decision to ship her to my neice in PA since her summer allergies were so bad. I had also owned Sierra's mother, Shiloh, for 17 years but she had to be put down about a year ago due to liver failure. Shiloh started as an abused nutcase but ended up being a very solid citizen. Now I am beginning again with Sweet Tea, a chestnut TWH who is a retired 16 year old broodmare that also needs patient work and understanding. But I am looking forward to the day when Sweet Tea and my 54 year old bones can go down the trail in a hopefully smooth, lovely gait!

I share my farm with my new Tennessee Walker Mare, Sweet Tea, as well as a boarder horse, four goats, two dogs and a cat....my wonderful family of four legged critters! I do have one grown stepson who travels the U.S as a construction worker and who breezes through from time to time!