OUT OUR WAY: "Cowboy up for Christmas"

Out our way, we have a phrase, "Cowboy Up." When I got tossed by Goliath, sprained some ribs, not to mention had the wind knocked out of me, getting back up on my feet and then stepping back up into the saddle seemed a pretty hard thing to do. But sometimes you have to "cowboy up" and just overcome the fear and dread.

Now, Goliath is a pretty big fellow, 16 1/2 hands and weighing at 1200-plus pounds. Yet, as many of you know, that little black culvert up there on the nature trail in Beaver Creek terrifies him. He also gets somewhat skittish about loading into my trailer when I take him out...