Well it's Monday! Saturday we had our last cowboy race for the year. Expected a lot more people than what we had but again the weather was crappy so who knows. We ended up with 13 riders. I thought the course we had was AWESOME and everyone said they had a great time and it was their favorite course yet. We had our overall awards this time and Matt Oswald was our overall Champion and Joe Raber was the Reserve Champion. I will be putting pictures of the winners up on the website in the next few days. We are going to pick a date for a cowboy race in the Spring and we will see how it goes and go from there as far as future dates. Holmes Co fair is throwing around the idea of having us put one on at their fair also!
Sunday Dana and I were going to go to the Congress but decided not to. I decided I had to get out of the house (or be subject to a full day of NFL football and a husband screaming at the TV!) so I headed to Dana's to play with the fillies. Dana and I took J-Lo and Diva up to the main barn and then into the arena. We saddled up Harley and Rocky and gave the girls their first lesson in ponying! They both did very well and we even took them down to the hay field to let them have a BIG ADVENTURE! I have to say Harley and Rocky did very well also. We then put the girls back in their field and headed on a ride. Dana took me on a road that goes kinda acrossed the hill from their property, she calls this road "seldom seen". So out we go on a beautiful day on our ride. We get half way back on this road and we decide to ride up a lane that goes to a house that is in the middle of being built. We heard a truck rev and the what sounded like a car door slam but nothing major. When we came back down off the hill, there was an upsidedown truck in the road that had not been there when we first went up. I was so afraid of what we might find there, but no one was around. We rode down the road to the closest house, thinking that if whoever had been in the truck got out they would stumble to the house. No one around. Called Ray and told him to come out. Then a guy in a white car came and said it was his truck and the guy had called him, but the whole thing was really strange, he wasn't really making sense, basically trying to cover something up. As the story goes the guy who wrecked the truck had points on his license and got out and ran to hide. So we rode away and headed home, nothing else we could do. When we got back out to the the other end of the road, I looked back and saw a guy walking...told Dana and she said, ok let's go back and see who it is. Well we walked right to him with the horses and he just kept walking, was on his phone and acted like we weren't even there! Dana put Rocky's nose right on his back and followed him up the road, still he ignored us! Then Dana spoke up and started asking him questions, he acted like he knew nothing about the accident blah blah blah,...he had grass, leaves and burrs all over the back of him,...obviously he had run through the woods!! I took a pic of him on my phone while Dana was questioning him!! LOL Dana thought that was funny! ANYWAY that was my excitement yesterday!!
Have to go to the Dr and get my test results today at 2. I guess I better go get ready for that.
Tomorrow I'm going to go get pics and video of Moolah at Abby's house so I can get her put on the internet.
Well that is all for now...hope that wasn't too hard to understand!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
IM BAAAAAAAAACK!!
Ok so it's been a little while since I posted. Been pretty busy the past 2 weeks. Last week I had my first roping lesson with Kevin and Mark....AWESOME!! This is something I have always wanted to do and I'm so happy it is finally happening! It couldn't have been more perfect! Dana and I took Velvet and Harley over to ride with them at Grizzle Ridge. I rode Velvet and roped the sled off her for awhile and she was giving me some trouble so Mark let me ride his grey gelding who I am now in love with and I did SO MUCH BETTER!! It was so much fun!! Monday Dana, Ray, Brooke and I went to the Congress. HOW DISAPPOINTING! Every store had the same thing, there was NOTHING I just HAD TO HAVE and I even had money to spend!!! Looked for a saddle, couldn't find anything, except a Martin roper which was $4100, a bit outta my price range!! Came home from the Congress very disappointed. Did get to watch the Sr Western Pleasure and picked the top 3 horses!! Boy do I have an eye or what!! LOL!
Yesterday Kevin met me at Gary's to pick up the sorrel gelding "Wally" for a customer of his to try. I then followed him to Grizzle Ridge and I rode Wally for him and the customer....took the bridle off, he was such a good boy, I think they will probably buy him but I left him for them to try for a few days. After riding Wally I rode Mark's 2 horses because he wasn't up to riding. Got to rope on both of them and again HAD TONS OF FUN! I'm so hooked!! I did much better than last week, much improvement! Then Dana and I ate in Barnsville and went to her house for awhile. Got to see my girls and that little Diva is growing finally!!
Well that is all for now!
-Stacie
Yesterday Kevin met me at Gary's to pick up the sorrel gelding "Wally" for a customer of his to try. I then followed him to Grizzle Ridge and I rode Wally for him and the customer....took the bridle off, he was such a good boy, I think they will probably buy him but I left him for them to try for a few days. After riding Wally I rode Mark's 2 horses because he wasn't up to riding. Got to rope on both of them and again HAD TONS OF FUN! I'm so hooked!! I did much better than last week, much improvement! Then Dana and I ate in Barnsville and went to her house for awhile. Got to see my girls and that little Diva is growing finally!!
Well that is all for now!
-Stacie
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Lazy Sunday
Didn't do much today. Watched football with Zach,...of course the darn Browns lost, big surprise. Zach mowed the lawn and I cleaned off the porch and put up Halloween decorations.
Going to Dana's tomorrow and we are going to trail ride at Bark Camp. I'm so excited, I haven't been doing much riding lately and it is supposed to be a nice day...plus it is FALL!
I think I'm going to try to take a little more video of Velvet tomorrow at Dana's.
Also going to look at a 2 year old colt this week. Saw an old friend the other day who has one to sell and he might be just the project I've been looking for!
Will let ya'll know how that goes!!
Going to Dana's tomorrow and we are going to trail ride at Bark Camp. I'm so excited, I haven't been doing much riding lately and it is supposed to be a nice day...plus it is FALL!
I think I'm going to try to take a little more video of Velvet tomorrow at Dana's.
Also going to look at a 2 year old colt this week. Saw an old friend the other day who has one to sell and he might be just the project I've been looking for!
Will let ya'll know how that goes!!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Velvet is for sale!
Well it's official! Here is Velvet's sale ad: Ole Velvet Cream Pie - Click HERE!!!
Got it done late last night and almost cried when I got it done and watched the video. This is such a nice filly that has a bright bright future ahead of her. Will have to find a replacement if she sells!!
Mom is getting out of the hospital today so I'll probably be at her house this afternoon. Zach has a football game tonight buy I probably won't go because of the rain.
That's all for now!
Got it done late last night and almost cried when I got it done and watched the video. This is such a nice filly that has a bright bright future ahead of her. Will have to find a replacement if she sells!!
Mom is getting out of the hospital today so I'll probably be at her house this afternoon. Zach has a football game tonight buy I probably won't go because of the rain.
That's all for now!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
October 1st
Well yesterday I went to see mom at Aultman Hospital. Got there around 11:30. She was doing pretty good, sitting up and eating lunch. She had eaten her breakfast and kept everything down so far. She said things were crazy that night before, she was on morphine and was yelling out and I guess it was pretty crazy! They took her off the morphine and just put her on some pain killer pills. She thinks she is coming home tomorrow so we shall see.
After I left the hospital I headed to Belmont Co to see Dana and my fillies. On the way I talked to a good friend and client who bought a horse for her daughter from me and have come to lessons with me in Barnsville. Lori told me that Jenessa did awesome at their fair, coming home with 7 first place ribbons! YAY!!!
I got to Dana's around 2:30 and of course we sat and had a discussion about horses and the cowboy race and brainstormed on things to do for the next one. We can talk about horses and the time just flies by! Ray came home and we ate supper then went to the barn to feed. Got to see Velvet who is loving being at home and out of her training program. She is getting along with Harley and Rocky well. Then we went out to feed my girls, Diva and J-Lo. Of course they were at the gate waiting on us! They are the prettiest sight out in that field at Dana's. They followed us to the barn and ate while Dana and I watched all the mommas and babies in the next field. When the girls were done we dewormed them both and then lead them around the pasture and worked with them a little. J-Lo is so big and beautiful, that girl is THICK. Diva is certainly looking better every time I see her. That poor girl had such a rough start, I can't wait till she catches up.
We then went back to the main barn and let to other horses out for the night. Dana had picked up the cowboy race scores when she stopped at the barn the other day so her and I laid it all out on the table and made a list of scores from the last 2 races so that we can figure up overall points after this last race and see who the top 5 overall is.
I stayed there talking to Dana until midnight! Had to stop in Cambridge at the Walmart to get laundry detergent on the way home so I ended up just getting some groceries also....if you ever need a good laugh just go to Cambridge Walmart at 2 AM!!! Some of the people I saw,....WOW!
So anyway I slept in today since I got home so late. Gary called and said he got the gelding shod so will go make a video of him tomorrow.
Oh and I talked to Wayne about the next cowboy race and approved that we will be doing a HALLOWEEN THEME!!! YAY!! So today I'm going to the dollar store to start buying stuff!!
Thats all for now!!
-Stacie
After I left the hospital I headed to Belmont Co to see Dana and my fillies. On the way I talked to a good friend and client who bought a horse for her daughter from me and have come to lessons with me in Barnsville. Lori told me that Jenessa did awesome at their fair, coming home with 7 first place ribbons! YAY!!!
I got to Dana's around 2:30 and of course we sat and had a discussion about horses and the cowboy race and brainstormed on things to do for the next one. We can talk about horses and the time just flies by! Ray came home and we ate supper then went to the barn to feed. Got to see Velvet who is loving being at home and out of her training program. She is getting along with Harley and Rocky well. Then we went out to feed my girls, Diva and J-Lo. Of course they were at the gate waiting on us! They are the prettiest sight out in that field at Dana's. They followed us to the barn and ate while Dana and I watched all the mommas and babies in the next field. When the girls were done we dewormed them both and then lead them around the pasture and worked with them a little. J-Lo is so big and beautiful, that girl is THICK. Diva is certainly looking better every time I see her. That poor girl had such a rough start, I can't wait till she catches up.
We then went back to the main barn and let to other horses out for the night. Dana had picked up the cowboy race scores when she stopped at the barn the other day so her and I laid it all out on the table and made a list of scores from the last 2 races so that we can figure up overall points after this last race and see who the top 5 overall is.
I stayed there talking to Dana until midnight! Had to stop in Cambridge at the Walmart to get laundry detergent on the way home so I ended up just getting some groceries also....if you ever need a good laugh just go to Cambridge Walmart at 2 AM!!! Some of the people I saw,....WOW!
So anyway I slept in today since I got home so late. Gary called and said he got the gelding shod so will go make a video of him tomorrow.
Oh and I talked to Wayne about the next cowboy race and approved that we will be doing a HALLOWEEN THEME!!! YAY!! So today I'm going to the dollar store to start buying stuff!!
Thats all for now!!
-Stacie
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