After Margaret and I had such a fun time at the fall hunter pace, we opted to go again this spring! This time, while I rode Rejoice again, Margaret rode her horse Jester and had a friend ride Ladyhawke. All Kennebec Morgans!! Jester and Rejoice have the same dam and Jester and Lady share the same sire. Unfortunately instead of a lovely late spring day, we had one of the first intensely hot and humid days of the year. It was definitely a bummer, but the ride was mostly in the shade of the woods and we had a great time! most of the fences were 3' coops but we found a small log and this hay to jump haha Until we didn't. 😑 We brought along a third friend who rode Margaret's older mare, Ladyhawke. She's a good rider but hasn't known Ladyhawke for very long and didn't realize how much of a cranky boss mare she could be at times. She kicked Jester right in the front leg just about halfway through the ride, and while the cut itself ended up not being a big deal in the
I have many wonderful horse friends all over the place, from here in my home state, to Florida, New Jersey, and even the west coast. But I wanted to write up a little something here on the blog for two of my horse friends I am very thankful for. They both deserve their moment in the blog spotlight! :-D
First is my friend Tania. She was a HUGE help to me last year at WEG, doing everything from riding co-pilot in my truck, to actually driving my rig for me after I had driven 10 hours straight, to helping me prep Dreamy for each ride, to taking awesome pics of us all! :-) And she was nice enough to volunteer to tag along to the May 8 show, Reva's first show ever, so that I did not have to be alone. She is officially now my "show mommy".....HA HA HA! ;-D I show alone a lot, so it was nice to have someone to help me and keep me sane! LOL! She and I also did a beach ride this year and have many more adventures planned! THANK YOU TANIA! :-D
Here we are at WEG! From left to right: Christie, me, Tania, Laura, and Helene |
And my other horsey friend who deserves a big THANK YOU is Shelly! She is my partner-in-crime and favorite show buddy. We have shown together for four years now and marshaled at many of the tracks around the state. We both own 20 year old Standardbreds who hate every horse except each other....and we get along quite well, even when we are competing in the same classes! We have had innumerable fun adventures together and I am sure we will have many more!! My husband refers to her as "my wife".....ha ha ha. Shelly came out with me this past Sunday May 15 to a dressage show in the POURING rain to call my tests for me. It was incredibly nice of her especially because it was so gross outside. I love her like a sister. THANK YOU SHELLY! :-D
I love this pic of me and Shelly from last fall at a MHA show...she tried western for the first time! |
Nice you've got such excellent "horsey" friends. I could use a "show mom" for my trip this week to the Mark Rashid clinic - with two horses and just me it's going to be a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteI need a "show Mom". Wanna share? ;P
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