My baby girl got a trophy in Hunter Under Saddle!! Also there is a pic of Western Pleasure. She had fun and looked like a doll. Matt was kind of stiff this morning - he's older and it finally turned cool - but when he went into the ring, the stiffness disappeared. He knew he was "on" and he performed!! What a guy!!! He got lots of treats and ( Read more... )

We got a ribbon!

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Well I'm gonna tell you people I may not be able to do a lot of things, but one thing I can do is put a mirror shine on a pair of black field boots. Damn, but I can see myself in those suckers. I enjoy the ritual. It makes me feel close to my dad who died 4 years ago. I used to watch my dad go thru saddle soaping and polishing his boots and tack ( Read more... )

Friday night we went to the team penning in Port Allen. I had never seen this before. A three-person horse team goes up to a little herd of calves which have numbers on them. The judge calls out a number and that calf has to be cut out fist and then in number orser until all 10 are cut or the wrong one runs out. It looked like great fun!

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