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It takes a village..
Apr. 28th, 2012 08:03 pmTo get a horse to the show. Or, at least, a well oiled team. We haven't had a horse showing regularly for several years until now, when Goldie is on her path to jumping glory (we hope!) This weekend she is at her second ever horse show, and it's a lot bigger than the one before...there are about 400 horses entered in the Spring Opener at Thunderbird. That's a whole lot of horses, people, dogs, and trailers! Takes a lot of organizing to get her ready for her few seconds in the ring, for sure. She has the easiest part, all she has to do is go out and jump..her human team does the rest, from packing up all the tack and other necessities to get her beautiful self ready, to hauling the hay and grain she'll eat, to making sure the stall is cleaned etc. etc. Then there's the cheering section, most important. Not to mention the team that stays at home keeping everyone else clean and fed.
It's worth the effort, though. We're all really thrilled with how well she's done so far; just her second show, and she is dealing with it like a pro, relaxed and happy to be there. We're pleased with how calm she is, especially when we compare her to some of the other 4 and 5 year olds, who can't even be saddled up and taken to the ring without major fits. She just goes out and jumps the jumps, then is happy to hang out and eat grass.
I managed to get myself out of bed early enough this morning (at 6 a.m.) so I could drive out to Thunderbird, which is about 10 minutes away from the farm, and be there by 7:30 to watch the warm-up and then her round in the show ring at 8. She did very well, just had one refusal and some time faults, but left all the jumps up. We were very proud.
After that I went over to the farm to help Kelly get Buddy and Teddy out, and get the stalls done. We whipped through the work, and had it all done by noon. Then we had some time to play with my 4 year old filly Rochelle; we put some trotting poles down in the arena and got her going over them. Rochelle is such a sweetie, and very brave, although she wasn't quite sure whether she was supposed to walk over the poles or bite them! LOL. She's going to be ready to start under saddle at the end of the summer, but right now we're working her in hand. It's fun to have some time to do stuff other than clean!
Got home and ran out of steam. I'm really tired. It's been a busy week.
Tomorrow I'm back at work in ICU. I have to be up early because I'm taking the bus in to work these days; the hospital changed the parking lot so there are fewer spots for staff to park, and more spots reserved for the public. Monthly parking is impossible to get; you have to inherit the spot, or offer up your first born before that would be possible. I refused to hand over $20 for a sticker that would allow me the privilege of fighting for one of the 180 spots available for daily parking, since they have sold over 1000 stickers. The first day of the change was a total gong show, making me really glad I'd just hopped on the bus. It's pretty convenient, as long as I make sure I get my butt out the door in time.
Not a lot new happening here, just working and getting ready for the show and trying to keep all the bits of my life in order.
It's worth the effort, though. We're all really thrilled with how well she's done so far; just her second show, and she is dealing with it like a pro, relaxed and happy to be there. We're pleased with how calm she is, especially when we compare her to some of the other 4 and 5 year olds, who can't even be saddled up and taken to the ring without major fits. She just goes out and jumps the jumps, then is happy to hang out and eat grass.
I managed to get myself out of bed early enough this morning (at 6 a.m.) so I could drive out to Thunderbird, which is about 10 minutes away from the farm, and be there by 7:30 to watch the warm-up and then her round in the show ring at 8. She did very well, just had one refusal and some time faults, but left all the jumps up. We were very proud.
After that I went over to the farm to help Kelly get Buddy and Teddy out, and get the stalls done. We whipped through the work, and had it all done by noon. Then we had some time to play with my 4 year old filly Rochelle; we put some trotting poles down in the arena and got her going over them. Rochelle is such a sweetie, and very brave, although she wasn't quite sure whether she was supposed to walk over the poles or bite them! LOL. She's going to be ready to start under saddle at the end of the summer, but right now we're working her in hand. It's fun to have some time to do stuff other than clean!
Got home and ran out of steam. I'm really tired. It's been a busy week.
Tomorrow I'm back at work in ICU. I have to be up early because I'm taking the bus in to work these days; the hospital changed the parking lot so there are fewer spots for staff to park, and more spots reserved for the public. Monthly parking is impossible to get; you have to inherit the spot, or offer up your first born before that would be possible. I refused to hand over $20 for a sticker that would allow me the privilege of fighting for one of the 180 spots available for daily parking, since they have sold over 1000 stickers. The first day of the change was a total gong show, making me really glad I'd just hopped on the bus. It's pretty convenient, as long as I make sure I get my butt out the door in time.
Not a lot new happening here, just working and getting ready for the show and trying to keep all the bits of my life in order.
