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Clemson End of Summer Show

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Succesful Saturday

Thank you to everyone who was here helping today. It was a good day on the farm. Although, I am down and out with a nasty head cold. As a result there hasn't been much riding happening the last couple of days. My sense of balance is way off. I did ground drive Jake today, which resulted in him bolting down the road to create a bit of excitement. He then promptly went back to work and was very willing to the bit. I drove him down the forest trails. He is good at the walk and starting to understand the bit pressure. I'll have to put him in the arena to work the trot on line.

The girls who will be showing next weekend had a lesson this morning, and all did very well. I know Nicole will feel more settled when her new horse arrives tomorrow. I think Paula and Jack are ready for the 2'6" classes. Things really seemed to click for them today. They worked on the roll backs today. Things were good, but Paula realized that she is really going to need to communicate to Jack where the next fence is in advance.

We had two horses come galloping up the drive today with saddles, but no riders. A bit of a scary moment until I learned that they bolted before anyone had a chance to get on.

I want to say a special thank you to Mark for all his work around the farm today. It was really a treat to get to know you better today. I look forward to learning from your constant support and cheerleading.

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Shiloh's Tall Tale aka. Shoalih's Tale

Showing off my baby

The above slide show is pictures I've managed to accumulate of my pride and joy...Shiloh. These are all pictures I've found of him on the web. They start with him as a yearling at the Saratoga sale and go up through his winning at the race track. You will find more pictures of him in the bottom slide show at the Clemson show with one of my students aboard back in Dec. 2007. Hopefully I will be able to add some pictures of myself showing him in the near future.

You'll notice a couple of the pictures are during his time at Canter. Please check out their website at http://www.canterusa.org/ohio They are running on very hard times right now and every penny people can send their way is greatly appreciated by the horses. If everyone who checks our blog regularly could send just $5 they could feed a horse for a month.