Good to hear Roger is being spoiled lol

That's so exciting about all the babies, that's a big crop of them this year!

Hey Alison! Hope you had a good winter - or as good as it could have been with all the snow we got!

Love your pictures from the Royal - Roger looks great!

 

We go to the Indiana CDE on September 2-5 at the Indiana Hoosier Park south of Indianapolis.

Hi Alison! Welcome to the Toronto CADORA group on Barnmice. Your photos are beautiful. Driving is something I would love to try someday. Looks like fun!

Hi Alison!
I figured he must have left because I haven't seen him in his paddock when I drive by your place. Hope everything goes well with his training and be sure to give me updates!

Yep, I'm hearing really good things about Jeff, Alison. Looking forward to checking out the farm and meeting him - I am thinking of having my Clyde x mare broke to harness this fall...

Thanks, Alison!

Yes, it is the one at Relhok. I think there is another at Orchard Park in May? but more advanced, although Barb (Tri-County Carriage Association) said I should go audit it because the clinician is really good.
I am really excited to learn to drive. I'm sure my Clyde x mare would take to it happily, or I may find something completely different for driving....(someone has an adorable team of Haflinger x Belgians for sale on EMG)
Combined driving looks amazing! Very cool! I'm hoping to event my mare, but I can't imagine doing the combined stuff while driving - wow!

Thank you Alison for you comments. Your pictures are lovely. I hope to attend some driving events in Ont this year, at least to watch.

I have two appalloosa's babies (yearlings actually...they'll be a year old middle of April and May 1st).

Thanks, hes very smart, mabye a bit to smart! He figured out a way to sneek into the other horses field! And hes very stuborne!

Your Ponies are soooooo cute!

I hear you on the fun of riding this winter. Yesterday was the first and second time I've ridden since Nationals in mid-October. I re-backed Finnegan and backed for the first time Rocky 2 of the New Forests I've been working with over the winter. Something about wanting to thub not snap if I happened to come off was holding me back.

With Finnegan I can go full steam ahead as last winter we were walk trotting. Rocky is going to be a tad bit slower but once I have him confidently walking and trotting him I hand him over to the Level 2 Eventing Coach who also rides at the barn and get the next beastlie going.

Darlene called me the other night and gave me some of the dates for the pony shows - confirmed are the usual 5-7 that she handles for the Star Search. Definitely Pause-A-Tively Ponies, NEWPA, Sutton, Barrie, Jokers Hill, Summerfest and CNE are confirmed.

Hi Alison:
Thank you for your lovely comment about Rhumba's head shot. She is such a nice mare and we all love her. The small picture is her with her 2007 foal.
Debbie

I too had to work most of the holidays. I work Xmas Day at Touch N Go, got Boxing Day and New Year's Day off but had to work the Saturday of both weekends

Sorry to hear you folks are down and out with the flu. Poor Hunter as he really can't tell you how he's feeling. How's Darlene's back?

Sorry to hear about the wind storm damage to the truck and fencing.

Take care and see you soon - any word on the dates for the 2009 Star Search Qualifiers?

Had a good holiday - here and there when I got days off.

Wind storm last weekend took the fiberglass roof off the trailer (repairable once the wind dies down and it's not freezing out) and some sheet metal off the front of the barn (again repairable).

How was your holiday?

Fancy meeting your here! NIce photos of the pair and especially Roger under saddle.