Monday, August 5, 2013

Semi Vaca

Last week I was "off" being mom all week because daycare was closed... I LOVED it and wish that I could stay at home with my daughter all the time!

Trainer is gone so Saturday was free for all, as well as Erica's bday :)

Got to the barn, groomed my sweet boy, tacked him up and then got on.. People were trickling in and at one point the arena was a bit crazy- typically I do left left but I swear not everyone follows that rule. It was nice to know that Henry didn't freak out or lose his marbles!

I just hacked around, working on Henry being "soft" and not hanging on my hands. Soft is not in Henry's vocabulary so I did the best we could lol!

Then Mona and I went down to cool out with Erica and went for a little walk around the property.





After untacking and hosing off, I gave Henry his grain and we chowed down on some cake and Dr Pepper. Mona and I hooked Erica up :)

Sunday he had off, Monday hack, Tuesday hack, Wednesday off, Thursday something, Friday turn out and Saturday hack.

Saw this on FB... hilarious!




24 comments:

  1. That last picture is terrifying... I hope they were ok!

    Glad things are going well for you and Henry :)

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    1. http://www.medequestrian.co.uk/rider-safety/benefits-and-risks-of-riding/risks-of-injury-risk-management/

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  2. More people need to learn the left-left rule! Nobody can follow it if even one person doesn't follow it - you just end up going around calling 'inside' and 'outside' and praying.

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    1. Yes they do!!! Would make everything so much easier! :)

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  3. The last picture is horrifying. Hope the horse and rider were alright.

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    1. http://www.medequestrian.co.uk/rider-safety/benefits-and-risks-of-riding/risks-of-injury-risk-management/

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  4. Glad you had a good weekend. :-) I would be scared if I was that rider and surprised that obsticle broke, I bet that paused the whole XC!

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  5. Left to left all the way! I admittedly hate it when not everyone speaks the same arena language.

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  6. Haha, I almost put that same pic on my blog. That would probably be why Jetta will never go Intermediate/Advanced. She'd try to be "smart" and go under the jumps...

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  7. OMG I've never seen that happen! The series of pics on the link is incredible. What a goober, going UNDER the trakahner jump! I dont think that's what the course designer had in mind when they rigged the jump with frangible pins! Glad they were both ok!

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    1. I know right!!! Yeah I'd say the course designer wasn't expecting that approach lol! Thankfully they were both ok!

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  8. Wow what a picture! Henry is so handsome in his Baker :-)

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  9. Oh my. I'd be bailing so HARD on that last picture!

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    1. I know me too!!! Im not sure I would be so quick to think to duck- great rider!

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  10. Haha omg the picture, I'm crying. Hey, that pony is smart. I feel like that's something Wiz would try to do...

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    1. lol i don't think I will ever be brave enough to jump that big!

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  11. LOL - at that last picture. Romeo tried that once and it didn't end to well for me.

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