The End of Summer

16 Aug posted by

Wednesday the 12th marked the last day of summer for us, here on the ranch. You see, the reason it was the last day of summer here for us, is that Kelsey was leaving the next morning to go back to her mom’s place about 75 miles away. We won’t get to have her back [...]

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The Latest Runs

13 Aug posted by

Here is my run from Saturday when we won the 4D and I almost fell off: Here is Gump from last night at our place, winning the 3D at the NBHA Sanctioned Show we had: Kelsey winning the youth 2D in Rapid on Saturday: Kelsey making a run in the youth last night: Her run [...]

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Dx Jurassic Classic’s 5th Ride

13 Aug posted by

This is only a clip of his 5th ride. Kelsey had just moved to the ground and he was all interested in seeing her. He’s so much fun! The clip is cute.

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Names, a Paycheck, and Fun

11 Aug posted by

I’ve decided, and I know, Jill, that you’ll be proud of me. Shuttle’s unborn colt will be called Pebbles if it’s a filly and Bam Bam if it’s a horse colt. I have decided to register it as Joanie Loves Chachi, after the TV series, if it’s a girl but I have no idea what [...]

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More on Success and a Foal

7 Aug posted by

We ended up not being able to make it to Dupree last night. It rained yesterday and we live in Gumbo country so we weren’t able to get the trailer out. I have no idea where we finished the series: as of last week, Kels was 3rd in her youth class and I was 3rd [...]

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Babies, Colts and Barrel Races

6 Aug posted by

I told you there was a LOT going on- so I’m decided to summarize with photo collages. Meg took the photos, and I made the collages. Let’s start with yesterday- We went to a barrel race in Ft. Pierre. We blew the second barrel again (and it’s all my fault, I realize) but nonetheless we [...]

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