Monday, June 14, 2004
Countdown – 3 days 3 more days to the first show of the season. We are taking 3 horses to Marion county fair show on Thursday. Its disappointing to me because we will not be able to do out best since Doug is not 100%. The cut on his ankle really has hurt his conditioning (he was off for almost 3 weeks) and while we could push him to do all 3 harness classes I don’t think that it is the right thing to do. Then again on the other hand we are showing another horse that is new to us and I’m confident that he is new to showing as well so perhaps its all for the best because he will be getting all of Doug’s scratched classes. It kind of bums me out because I know that Hank isn’t ½ the horse that Doug is and I can’t see him placing as well but it will be excellent experience for Hank to get the ring time prior to the larger shows.Our little (not so little anymore) Barney sure has grown up and we had to make a trip to the harness makers this weekend to get him a larger collar. He is 5 now and it’s hard to imagine him as the small mud caked 3 yr old we purchased 2 years ago. He sure has come round full circle. We purchased him purely on his kind eye and inquisitive nature never imaging that he would be our star cart horse. I would have been happy with him as a plain jane trail horse and to date he is everyone’s favorite mount for trail riding. He loves the show ring and is a totally different animal in the ring then on the trail. He really has versatility and is a joy to own and work with. We are fortunate to have him.
We sure have been busy around the farm with getting all the equipment spit shined and ready to show. There still is a bunch of work to do in getting the camper and its related equipment ready for the overnight shows but at least we have another 4 weeks to get that in order. It seems like a mad scramble at this point. I’m sure that once we get into the season we will get more into our routine which will make things so much smoother. The first show always seems to be a mad dash getting things in order.
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