Well a couple of weekends later than normal the 2009 competition season is starting to gear up. Tomorrow mother and Loosi head to the Queen's Bush Training Ride where Loosi is used as a demonstration horse for the vetting etc. My dad acts as timer and my mom is planning on riding all 3 loops 15-18 miles as drag rider. My mom will get the last few miles needed to achieve her next mileage milestone with OCTRA - 1500 miles.

I get to stay at the farm on mare stare!!! Spring is due today and Jenny is due on the 23rd but both look like they are going to foal at the same time. Could be interesting as we only have 1 foaling stall.

Next weekend we head up to Aprilfest in May where Loosi and I will be doing a "slow" 50 mile Endurance ride to start the season. Okay, I plan on doing it slow but I'm sure Loosi will have other plans and we will have a "conversation" about speed demons for about 35 miles when she will all of a sudden realize that may, just maybe, I was right.

We've also started lunging (or had before all this rain made the barnyard a knee deep mud hole again) the sport ponies. Babs and Dijon are planned to head to the Pause-Atively Ponies show the beginning of June.

Had thought about taking Luna to the AHAEC ProAm show on May 23rd but there are NO halter classes. Imagine an Arab show without line classes!!! What is the world coming to. No point in heading to that show now. Darn it, as it is the only show that doesn't conflict with any other competition and it was soooo close by.

Finally the roof is back on our trailer after coming off in the wind storm back during the Xmas holidays. Now we just have to get the cap on the truck so I can put the tack there.

Off to go start pulling manes on 6 beastlies!!!!