This REALLY sucks:
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
"Cavalia" is back on tour!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Naive, ignorant, or just stupid?
My BO had to jump thru hoops last week, just to transport a horse she bought in Michigan through Canada at Niagra, back into the US again. The Canadian border guards didn't give her the proper paper work to present to the US Customs. It took some sweet talking, but the US officials let her back in the country.
Someone who has "devoted her entire life to riding" (21 years-meh!) and is at the Prix St.Georges level you'd think might just google "import horse to Canada" to see if possibly there would be a little, oh I don't know, REGULATION involved????!!!!!
Friday, November 26, 2010
TV Alert!`
From the Victoria Advocate, The Discovery Channel show, “Dirty Jobs”, will be airing a segment about Kentucky Equine Research, a consulting firm to feed manufacturers. Story here.
Mike Rowe- what a cutie! In a show featuring horses no less! Must see TV, in my opinion!
It took some searching, but here’s the show description from the Discovery Channel website:
“Dirty Jobs
Horse Tester
TV-PG (L)
Mike travels to Kentucky Equine Research Facility to assist with testing athletic horses. His duties include helping with blood testing during a fitness test and checking pH levels in fresh poo.”
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Blankets….
How many blankets do you have? I have a blue canvas rug, now all moldy in the basement. I have a purple Schneider's belly wrap heavy weight blanket. i have a blue & green medium weight winter blanket. I have a black quilted stable blanket, and a light weight purple lined sheet. I have a green waterproof Schneider's sheet, and a fluorescent Polar tech sheet. The rider just got a purple plaid dress blanket. Oh- and I have a blue fleece cooler, and bright red polar fleece cooler.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
News shoes today…
every 6 or 7 weeks we get new shoes. Some years we luck out, timing-wise, as far as snow shoes are concerned. This year, not so much. We typically get our first significant snow fall in mid-December. This usually melts. The snow shoes are more helpful in ice, or compacted snow. But today was our appointment, and if we waited until next time, that would be at the end of December for snows. After consultation with the rider, we opted to put the snows on today, even though it’s a little early. Waiting at least another 2 weeks would be optimum, but that’s the way the anvil falls.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
And so it goes…
The BO is getting herself another new Appy- a 2-year old mare that cleaned up at Worlds. This on the heels of bringing home for the first time her 3-year old gelding that she bought as a yearling. They’ll both live together with their 6-year old Appy “sister”, and 25 (?) year-old retired Appy aunt.
And an OTTB, an Andelusian, and another Appy and a Shetland pony in a pear tree.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
This looks like fun…
and dressage to the Rolling Stones is a bonus!
it isn’t perfection, but the flying changes in sync is cool!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Oh well!
With all the pre-race hype I was getting nervous for her. After the race was over, at least she didn’t end up like Ruffian. %^(
I could see right out of the gate she had a horrible start- she left the gate at least a stride behind everyone else, then got pinched to the rear of the pack.
It was remarkable that she was able to even have a chance to finish in the money, much less lose by a head. Maybe if the race was 1/4 mile longer? Who knows?
Saturday, November 6, 2010
She has her own site:
The race starts at 6:15 on ESPN
Check out the Breeder’s Cup website: http://www.breederscup.com/
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
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