Big. Green. Ball.

Hello deweds :D

Today has been busy as usual. (Summer is ALWAYS like this)So, if anything, I will be totally fit by the end of all this.

I went over to Katrina's this morning (My trainer), I helped clean stalls, which is actually a good thing because it is stall cleaning in exchange for lessons. She was telling me how she is going to a class next week for equine massage and dog massage therapy. So when she goes to ARHA World show, she can be certified and make money at the show! (Seems like a good deal to me!)

Oprah has a very mysterious uh... illness? Abrasion? We don't know. But it looked like when a horse licks itself, and leaves a wet mark, only there was this not puss, but this amber colored sticky liquid coming out of it. it was on the neck, right in front of the withers. WEIRD. Will have to investigate more :D

Well, lets go back to some good news. Today is the first 4-H outdoor meeting. I gave Big Boy a bath and swore to myself that I will never get another paint horse again! The white is a pain in the butt. But he was super good while I was washing him. He just stood there while I was scrubbing his tail and back legs, I just hung the lead over his back, and he didn't move! This sort of thing makes me feel really proud :D When you train a horse from the begining, it really makes your day when he proves that you did a good job.

So anyway, He got a bath (Whereas I look like I just rolled in the muck pile or something) I washed the trailer up some, and clean up the tack a little bit. Tonight I am supposed to do a "Demonstration" of the circling game, Parelli style. Which is really exciting, except I am starting to get nervous, which stinks because he always picks up on that. urg. CALM DOWN SARAH. I worked with him earlier trying to think what I should say... didn't work. We'll just see what happens I guess...

I told Shiela about my "Big Green Parelli Ball" and she was excited about that. So I just hope someone remembers to bring a pump to blow it up with!

Well I think that is it, I was trying to figure out something else to write, so I can keep busy, and stop being nervous! Totally nothing though.

Adios :D

-Hoosierhorsegrl

"Will you be my groom?"

HOLA!

Yesterday was pretty amazing. Well, rather minor comparing some of the stuff that has been happening lately. BUT Katrina loaned me an English saddle to clean, and practice in, also the girth, saddle pad, and a filthy bridle that will be taking up a lot of my time cleaning.


So yesterday I tacked Big Boy up, and he looked darling! I will take a picture when I go down again this afternoon. He looked very cute, and seemed to actually like it. It probably isin't as restricting as a Western saddle. So I trotted him around practing posting, and I rode him up to the house to show mom, and he didin't even neigh for his buddies. A budding English horse????

Yesterday, I took Phoebe to Dr. B's to get her shots for 4-H this year. It was terrible! I was soooo glad I wasn't her! He had to give her a shot in her nose, AND draw blood to test for something... It is a good thing I have a tough stomach. So next Wednesday is the first Dog mtg, so Phoebe is gonna whup them all!

Tomorrow is the first BOYH meeting (Bring your own horse) it is supposed to be groundwork which the Boy rocks at! Also, this weird perfect-horse act is still going on, and I haven't quite figured it out. But tomorrow he is going to get a bath, so I am sure his true feelings will come to show themselves :D

The farrier was here this morning, and said everybody looked good, and that Big Boy wouldn't need shoes if we start riding at BC state park. YAY! That takes like 80 bucks a trip, if he had needed them.

So today, I am off to clean Big boys stall (So when I give him a bath tomorrow, he wont go roll in the mud), find the ball for the hitch (SOMEONE LOST IT!!! grrrr) And ride the boy. AND all the other stuff mom has added to my list. So, I will probably write some more later.

Ooohhh, btw... The whole "Will you be my groom" thing, is a private joke, that I figured I would add. And I would TOTALLY explain it, but who knows who reads this blog.........

Big Boy Blog Post (Say that three times fast)

Well today I had this awesome ride with Big Boy. Like the kind that makes you pause and ask "Whats the matter with you?". Seriously, from the begining he was great! I drove my truck down to the field and carried my saddle in between the electric fence, and here he comes, neighing and doing his retarded floppy trot. I put on his bridle and saddle and he's fine.


So I started riding him around our 10 acre fenced in pasture, and he just sauntered around. Our German Shepherd was at the far end getting into some sort of trouble, and he didn't spook, run, or be just plain stupid.

I decided to totally take advantage of this, and took him out to the un-fenced hay field (About 15 acres). He walked through that field like he had been through it a hundred times before! Just plowing through, not trying to canter, not neighing in hopes of his friends reply. He was great!

This is really awesome because I hope to take him the the BC state park this summer, which will be a lot of fun if he behaves like he did today!

I decided to take Abby for a ride tonight when it is cooler. I know she's tough, but no point pressing out luck...

So now, if you're waiting for some super exciting news... Here it is!!!! Katrina recently bought and black, cutting horse, mare. Yeah, so I rode her last night, and again this morning. And it was soooo fun! We didn't do any like freakishly fast spins or anything, but she has this awesome slow trot and canter. She is starting to become a real sweetie. So my job now, is to learn how to use spurs :D

This year in 4-H I am showing Katrinas horse Shelby, born in 2003, she is a bay QH, who looks like she will excel in english. But she has also been bred for reining also. So I am TOTALLY ready to kick butt in 4-H.

So now all I need is some english boots... hmmm...

It's spring, i'm allowed to be random

So the 2010 Hoosier Horse Fair has passed. I have mixed feelings of accomplishment and disappointment... Kaliegh placed 5th in Versatility, which is the best placing a BC rider has EVER gotten.



Our Groom and Clean team Placed 3rd out of 12. The only disappointment is the outfits..


Yeah, see... pretty sad :/

If I had to give a review, I really don't think I would rate it very highly. There weren't many breeds on display, nothing too exotic. The only breed (Though not exotic, but cool) is the Fijord.



I realize that a lot of the reason for the lack of vendors, is because the equine affaire is the same weekend. But you would think that one of them could compromise and switch weekends. huh.

Along with all of the negatives above, I will add the fact the there weren't any KNOWN clinicians! Well I will grant that they had some pretty wicked awesome BBQ sandwiches :DDD

So overall, they better get their act together, or people are going to be heading over to OH...

Hoosier Horse Fair

Yes, it is that time of year again. Horse people tend to look forward to this even more than Christmas, Yes. The Hoosier Horse Fair.




The best thing, and the most memorable, is the smell! A mix of roasted almonds, sawdust, leather, the pork booth, and the ever popular HORSE smell. Yes, i'm a freak. But it is the BEST!



This year, my friend Gabe and I are helping a fellow 4-Her with versatility, and then the next morning, competing in the groom and clean competition.

This year will be different from other years in the fact that...

A: I am driving myself

B: I have no money (Not really different but...)

C: IT IS MY LAST YEAR SHOPPING FOR 4-H :(

Well, a post shall be written first thing Monday. Have a good one.

-Hoosierhorsegrl

Hippology funness :)

Funness is a word.

Tomorrow at 1:30pm is the Area 4-H Hippology/Horse bowl contest! woohoo! Hannah has been testing me for the past two days, so.. I should do fabulous! I will make sure and take some pictures.



Did I mention how much fun it is? Because it really isn't all that fun... FYI

Another announcement... I have a total of TWO... repeat TWO subscribers now.. Yay Fifi!!

So on a subject I can write a bit more about... Today we are going to go up to the shop for another day full of studying, reading, jumping around acting crazy, and possibly shopping! But yet, excitement is not really the word I would use, because it is a grand total of 3 degrees outside... THREE DEGREES.humph. So
I would thrill you all (2) with some more scholarly writing... BUT Time to take care of the horses! So adios!

Recording artist

I am very excited! Not as much because of the news, but because I have news in general!!! Well, it is still very exciting. This past Thursday, Hannah had her first recording session. Supposedly I am going to have my harmony "added in". Supposedly.

Not only that, but she even wrote the song! Very exciting indeed. Meanwhile. We had our first group meeting at Dave's house. Only one person showed, Josh. But it was amazing how much fun we had! Josh is like our long lost brother. Even though it is Monday, he was just texting me! A new "Brotha" has been adopted.

Also in the midst of all this excitment, Jessica spent the weekend with us! Like icing on the cake! We had tons of fun. Acting like ninjas, planning our lives, hanging out, watching movies, playing kemps, texting even though we were sitting right next to eachother. The fun never ends! So this has been a fabulous weekend, and I am voting for this whole week to be the same!

I can already tell, I am going to be one of those annoying moms who carry a camera and is constantly taking pictures... like millions!

On a even funnier note... this is our version of Noahs ark. :D we were pretty bored at the time. Good times, good times.

Hoosierhorsegrl