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Comment by Mary-Joe Figueira on August 29, 2009 at 9:28am

Sounds like you guys had too much fun!!!!!! Not fair. Mary-Joe

Comment by Gail Morse on August 29, 2009 at 8:53am

Sounds like one heck of a lot of fun! Gail

Comment by Sharon B on August 28, 2009 at 9:09pm

What a great ride last weekend. We made a 31/2 hour trek into camp for a Bachlorette party. Stage 1 take the barn trails and the snowmobile trail, including almost sinking one horse in the swamp. Its always wet in this spot, but never like this year. Sandman stepped in, not bad only up to his knees. He took another step and almost had to swim for it, the water was up past his sides. Not usually the most level headed horse, we all held our breath, his rider included, but he handled it like a pro, The rest of us chose a detour (only belly deep). Belle walked through without so much as a pause. Is this the same horse that wouldn't walk through a puddle when I bought her 4 years ago? Once off the trail (stage2) we rode along the back roads. Traffic, tractors, dogs and even a couple of donkeys kept the horses alert, but they were calm & well behaved. We made a few stops to talk to friends and aquaintances along the way. After another hour we turned into the conservation area with its wide sandy trails for stage 3. Time to have a little fun. We were finally able to trot and canter. I was a little worried that Belle wasn't conditioned enough, as all the rain this summer has limited our trail time, but she made it clear that the first two stages were just the warm up. We had some wonderful long canters and after a little persuasion on her part, I let her go. We had a great gallop pulling a head of the others with her long stride. (I know you aren't supposed to pass, but we ride together regularly and just need to call heads up) Later, we stopped to chat with some folks on 4 wheelers and give the horses a break. The road to the camp is quite rocky, so walking was in order until you take the final turn off. With a wide track across the meadow we were able to canter in three abreast and make our grand entrance, Too bad we made it before the rest of the guests. Once the horses were settled into the corral, it was time for some human fun. The next morning feeling surprisingly chipper, we rode back out to meet the trailer at the road. As you can imagine we are already planning the next time.

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Comment by Mary-Joe Figueira on August 3, 2009 at 8:49am

Ya! I can see it. Good mental picture.

Comment by Cindy Jeffery on August 2, 2009 at 11:18pm

That IS hilarious:-):-) I can just picture him looking around with that just woke up look, scratching his head if he could, saying "What's all the excitement, can't a guy get some sleep around here?"

Comment by Mary-Joe Figueira on August 2, 2009 at 10:38am

That is hilarious.

He obviously does not snore or else you would have found him quite easily following the noise.

Comment by Sharon B on August 1, 2009 at 7:01pm

How about lost horses that aren't lost. A new horse came to the facility where I board and seemed to be settling in just fine. One night was going to be quite cold and wet so we started bringing them in, all except for Charlie. The field is large with a gate at the far end and trees along the far side. With everything dark, clouds blotting out the moonlight we started looking & calling. No Charlie. Next the four wheeler all along the fence line but the light wasn't bright enough. So in went my 4 x 4 truck with the high beams - up and down the field, still no sign of him. Starting to panic. Back to the house to round up more troops. Just as we were getting everyone organized who should stand up from his nap behind the round bale feeder - Charlie. He shook himself off and calmly walked up to see what the fuss was about. You would think it would be hard to miss a 17h horse, but apparently he's a sound sleeper.

Comment by Cindy Jeffery on July 31, 2009 at 9:21pm

Loose horses and ones put in the wrong places can be such a blast to sort out. I think the horses love it because they get more attention from us humans. Not just the regular stuff but something more amusing like watching us freak out or run about chasing or herding them. :-) Mine sure enjoyed the jaunt.

Comment by Jan Jollymour on July 31, 2009 at 8:32pm

Thank goodness this doesn't happen to me often. The last time it did, I was out of town showing a horse to a client from the US - we arrived home to discover that the neighbour kids had opened all our gates, and the RCMP had rounded up the horses and put them all in one pasture: geldings, mares and stallion! Thankfully the stallion was so bemused by the whole situation he didn't have time to do much before I nicked him and put him back where he belonged, and then as things settled down we sorted out the rest of them!

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