Tis the season to be showing....

Welp, March starts tomorrow which means the shows season chaos starts in 2 weeks.  I'm super excited about what this year will entail between my own showing, as well as the girls that I promised to bring to various shows with their new horses.  We will be dabbling in the hunter/jumpers, dressage, combine training tests and horse trials *phew*!  Here are a few of the girls with their new horses who will be packing around to shows with me: 

Katie and 'Mia'

This pony may be new to their rider, but not to myself.  This is Mia, a horse that I purchased as a 2 year old and trained and showed for the past 4 years.  I sold Mia to Katie (and Shelli) in January and they already looking like a real team!  I can't wait to see what is in store for these two this year.  I think with Mia's knowledge and Katie's talent they can accomplish a lot.

Lauren and 'Brit'

Meet Brit! This is Lauren's new horse that we got as a free lease from an old friend of mine, Kerry Rea.  She is a 6 year old cleveland bay / percheron cross who is very green, very big, very fat, very hairy but very sweet.  She has pretty much been sitting in a backyard doing trail rides for the past 2 years but she is smart and has a great disposition so I think she will be really easy to work with.  Brit will be making her show debut with Lauren this season and we are all super excited! 

Christa and 'Surprise'

SURPRISE! It's "Surprise"!  This is Christa's new horse that we got as  free lease from another old friend of mine, Lynsey Genaur.  Some of the old Oxbow people may remember Surprise since she was / still is owned by Lynsey.  She is a 17 year old cleveland bay / tb who has had a successful career in dressage and eventing, and we will be using to show in the hunters! 

There is a long season ahead of us and I just want the goal for everything (including myself) to have fun and leave each show learning something.  Whether the ribbon be blue, red, pink,green or non existent the bottom line is to know why you got what you did and how to improve for the next time around.  So here's to this year full of lessons learned, big smiles and some good times! 

PS: Rori says "Hi".