There's hope on the horizon!

When I went out to feed this morning, there was a familiar white covering all over everything - yes, once again the snow fairy had come to 'bless' us.  Luckily, it was only a light covering, and has now been dissipated by the sun - 43degrees today!!!! :)

But the REALLY good news is that its supposed to be above 60, for like, several days in a row!!! Yahoo!  Watch out ponies!  You better be getting your work ethic on!

This weekend will be P's first outing on a XC course in 2011 - The Ark's Frostbite Event, where we will be running the Prelim Combined Test and the Training XC.  We are going to play the XC by ear considering we haven't been on a course since November, and have only jumped twice in the same amount of time. Bring it on!!!

And finally, I'm super excited to announce the newest C-Horse Sponsors - CurOST.  CurOST is an all-natural anti-inflammatory supplement that I'm very excited about incorporating into the program.  Miss Story (aka, my hunter princess!) definitely enjoys it's benefits, and I'm looking forward to using it on the others!  Plus, it's really cool that the company based in North Carolina.  As with all the C-Horse Sponsors, I am so appreciative of their help and encourage anyone interested to give me ring to ask about how it's worked for me and my horses!

The weekend in which Miss Story rocks my socks

Story and I back in June 2010 at her first show.

This weekend was the Fuzzy and Fun ECOSC Show at the Bob Martin Ag Center (aka - big scary coliseum), over in Williamston.  Seeing it was a fairly low-key show with a 'big show' feel, I decided to take Miss Story over there with a couple other clients to get in the ring for the Field Hunter classes. Now Story hadn't been off the farm since her first show last June (where she was the Long Stirrup Champ!), and only recently (after her chiro miracle) have I really begun to understand this mare a bit more.  After being such a good girl at home, I was worried a bit about how she'd handle the show, the horses, and the uber, uber, uber scary coliseum.

Story was all-business from the beginning, standing quietly for her quick clip job before loading onto the trailer like a champ.  She walked the grounds like she'd been there her whole life, and stood quite nicely to be tacked.  She did have a slight "deer in the headlights" moment when she first got in the ring, and was a bit nervous about facing the crowds in the first class (which I'm fairly certain cost us a ribbon).  For the next two classes she was pretty much perfect, completing both classes with the BLUE!  These were fairly large classes - 20+ entries, and she was a star!

Story is for sale, and as much as she's growing on me, she does need to find a new home.  I think she's going to make someone an awesome horse though!  She's such a fancy, good girl!!!!