Something smelt fishy.

Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. Everything has been crazy and hectic lately.

Anyways, we didn't end up getting that one horse, Magic. He was lame in his left hind leg, and as soon as we mentioned a vet check, they completely ignored us. Its like they know something is wrong, and are just waiting for some sucker to come and buy him without doing a vet check. This is a barn that travels to Arizona for a weekend show. They know tons of people. If he's such a great horse, he'd still be selling for 10k, not for 2500, and he would have been sold before he even hit dreamhorse. So we basically just forgot about him, because something with those owners/sellers just smelt really fishy.

However, there is this absolutely gorgeous 16hh bay QH 9 yro mare that's coming to my barn sometime this week. She does English, western, jumping, the whole shabang. She's available for lease only, and I might lease her. We'll see how it goes on Saturday. Hopefully she will be there by then. My mom's a wary of the whole lease thing though, because it might be really expensive. But, we'll just wait and see what the actual lease contract looks like. If you search YouTube for Miss Potential Grace, hers in the first video. Yes, she does that extremely ugly western pleasure canter that looks like they are lame, but she also has the natural, nice, English canter. The English doesn't start until after 6 minutes. Jumping is at the very end, and its just tiny stuff, but all I'm doing is tiny stuff.

I'm extremely proud to report that my riding is improving dramatically. I seriously recommend not using stirrups! And posting. My leg hardly moves at all anymore, I'm so excited. I'm also correcting my seat, because I've been leaning forward and throwing myself off-balance, not to mention my horse. I just feel like I'm progressing so much. It really shouldn't be that long until I'm with the jumping lesson again. I am so happy.

I'll post an update on Gus later.

Farrier

Well, Gus had his feet done! I was at school, so I can't really say any details except the vague ones my non-horsey mother could give me. Apparently, the farrier, (who from now on is known as Dave, and he's an amazing farrier, I've never had one better) sealed the crack in his one front hoof, so I'm excited about that. He recommended adding gelatin to his diet though, to soften up the hooves a bit (they're kind of brittle) and strengthen his bones. I'll definitely do that. Overall, Dave said that Gus's hooves are actually looking a lot better! I'm pretty excited. However, he also said that the only way to heal that one crack completely is to shoe him, but he doesn't recommend it because its winter, and I'm not riding him. But, it hasn't been bothering him at all, and since it just got sealed...we'll see.

I'm really starting to get excited about this potential horse. He sounds perfect for me, we sound perfect for each other. I've talked to the seller extensively, and I'm really looking forward to her sending the conformation pictures to me today or tomorrow. Tomorrow, I'm going to have my mom call my trainer, Kris, and see if she would come with us when I go to try him out. I really want her expertise there. I value her opinion above anyone else's, and she knows me better than I do sometimes! The seller, who's name I guess I probably shouldn't disclose until after I buy the horse (and that's a possibility) sent me two cute head shots of Magic, and he's absolutely adorable. He has one of the kindest eyes I've ever seen. I have some feeling that this is the one, that this is the reason why everything else hasn't worked out. Maybe my adolescent hormones are kicking in though. I'll guess we'll see tomorrow, after I talk to my trainer and call the seller back! Wish me tons of luck!

Possible new horse?

First things first- the cows are gone. And when I say gone...I really do mean gone. Yes, that kind of gone. They had Gus far away from it, and he did fine. He's a bit lonely right now though. Okay, a lot lonely. My poor baby.

But, maybe not for long? I saw an ad in the paper yesterday, called it today, and then here's the link on dreamhorse! I talked to the lady for quite a long time, and he sounds great. She's going to email me with more pictures. I'm going to call her back tomorrow and see what time works best for her and us to go and try him out. I'm super excited! Now all I need to do is call my trainer. Wish me luck. :)

The Show!

So, the show was yesterday. I would have blogged afterwards, but I crashed and then I had to go to work. Anyways, on to the good stuff! I was only entered in English Equitation and English Pleasure, because I registered late and Henderson was being used in almost every other class. Did you know that by some show standards, or maybe its all of them, that your age is determined by how old you were on Dec. 31st of the previous year? So, I was in all the 13 and under classes. Weird. To get it out in the open, Henderson and I didn't place. At all. The first class, English EQ, was a pain in the butt because Henderson decided that (after we reversed) that he wanted to gallop, not canter! Can anyone say a repeat of last show? Oh, I guess you wouldn't know about that either, because I wasn't blogging then. Henderson was a spaz then too. Anyways, I had to haul off and circle him quite a few times. He's a need-for-speed Arab, that's for sure. The second class, English Pleasure, was a lot better. He behaved perfectly, while all the other horses were FREAKING OUT. Seriously, it was insane. I don't know why we didn't place...he was awesome. But, I don't mind. It was a fun show, after all. And I had a ton of fun, hanging out with friends and riding horses. It was a blast.

Erin, a friend on mine who I ride with, has a horse named Allie. Well, Allie completely spazzed out during the show. She bolted and bucked and reared all at the same time. It was pretty scary. Erin stayed on though, kept her cool, and didn't cry once during the show! Yay Erin! Riley and her horse, Flare, did really well too. Flare went into 'racehorse mode' after a while, but Riley is a fantastic rider, and they did great! Fiona and Shadow did great too, though I don't think Fiona is too happy about how they did. She seemed a little down. I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to Kris before I left, so I'm going to have to call her and give her a huge thank you! I'll bring her a mocha and a donut to the next lesson. =]

This isn't my only entry for the day, I've got more to tell you about once it happens!

Oh, and sorry, no pictures from the show. =[