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Jockey, racehorse trainer, turkey farmer, cattle rancher, horse breeder, husband, father, friend. During Ansel's childhood the family lived in IA,OK,TX,CO. His Dad evolved from horse trader to race trainer w/sons Baily and Ansel as jockeys. Racing from SLC to Caliente Mex to Vancouver BC and all tracks in between. This blog started out chronicaling our road trip to visit places of Ansels childhood, now it is a collection of his stories and our comings and goings. Enjoy
Ansel N. Marshall
Bend, Oregon
Ansel and Cyndy
Aug 2006
About Me
- cowhorse7
- Bend, Oregon, United States
- I am Cyndy Coleman Marshall, the blogger. Formerly a rancher from Harney County Oregon. On June 3, 2005 I married long time friend Ansel Marshall. In May of 2004, Ansel's beloved wife of 64 years, Martina, passed away from breast cancer. Sadly 10 mo later Terry, Ansel's son who was caring for him, was killed in an tragic car accident. Consequently Ansel asked me to marry him, saying it just made sense, "he was alone and I was alone, we both loved horses, and we had known each other for 20 years..." What I have learned is that when God is trying to bless you, don't question the packaging. :0) We married June 3, 2005 and live in Bend, Oregon. One thing Ansel said he had learned in life, is that we don't know what tomorrow will bring, or how many more days in this lifetime that we will have and he didn't want to wait to get married. We have some acreage just outside of the city limits. Ansel still has a few horses that he still feeds every day. I feel that it's the daily care of the horses that has gotten him through these later years in his life. Thus the name of the blog... "energizer bunny in 4 low". He doesn't go very far very fast, but he keeps going.
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- meeting Judy Moorhouse
- Frozen fog five days and counting
- Good bye my dear JD4020, the end of an era
- New Years and Cowboy Poetry at the Buckeye
- Tan Foran Race Track
- We cross the Golden Gate Bridge three times in a row
- coffee with Shirley Marks and Isabel Snow, Davis, CA
- LarryAnn and Oink
- Christmas at the Buckeye
- a Christmas visit to see Bill Williams
- Ron stops to talk about the NFR
- Ansel's high tech recliner sitter upper
- Happy Anniversary Stella and Jim
- dinner with Judy Benton
- An all grown up Tammy Houck
- Sebastian helps feed the horses
- Breakfast with friends
- 2008 Columbia River ProRodeo Circuit Finals
- Eric and family comes for the weekend
- Harry's surgery
- Jim Jordan's brain tumor
- the Root Cellar goes away
- Ralph Scott, brother of jockey Charlie Scott meets...
- at 94 Ansel casts his vote for the 44th President
- Hoof goop for Melodi
- Doc Huckfelt
- reunited with Pam and Frank
- Wagon wheel finds it's way home after 40 years
- Farming again... reseeding the pastures
- Spreading sister Vivian's ashes
- 2008 Harney County Fair, Rodeo, and Race Meet
- 2008 HC Fair Parade
- Harney Co Cattlewomen's Chuckwagon Breakfast
- Sept 3, dinner with Eric Drake and fam
- Sept 1 Williams Family picnic Indian Ford Camp ground
- Birthday Pizza for Billy Williams
- Good bye Everett Thornbough
- Myrna and Lew bring Ansel's fav peanut brittle
- Gary and Joan bring birthday wishes
- The Tack Room
- Aug 5, 2009 Bookcases memorialize Martina, Terry,...
- August 3, 2009 Ansel's 94th Birthday BBQ
- Aug 1, 4-H Pigs at the Fair
- August 1, 2008 Deschutes County Fair with Taylor
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To see the posts and photos from our trip back to the Mid-West to see the places of Ansel's childhood, go to March 27, 2008 in the Blog Archives and read forward.
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