Badgers Dressage Bridle

This is the Dressage bridle i bought badger so that we can start 3 day eventing!! We've had it for a while but its the first chance i got to take a picture! He's doing excellent! We got a new bit for him for Show Jumping and it brings him right back to me and he collects himself and brings his head down! Talk to Ya'll Later! SARA

Clemson Show 8-16-08

The Clemson show has come to an end, and we are all exhausted. We worked hard and here's our ribbons to prove it.

J.P. got all of his leads and worked very hard.

Jack had a little bit of a hard time with his leads on the flat, but was very patient, jumped very well and was all in all, very good!

Our main goal is to get both horses "show ready" and you can't do that until you go to a few shows to break them in. Now it's time for the hard to work to begin and work on the things that weren't so perfect at the show. Then, on to the next one! It's as simple as that. Work ~ Show ~ Play (have fun), Work ~ Show ~ Play (have fun) and that ever favorite word of mine PROGRESS!!!!

WAY TO GO GIRLS, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!!

JENNY, thank you for letting the "boys" come out and play for the weekend ~ without you, none of this would be possible.

I would also like to add a THANK YOU to Holly for being there when we needed her! Although we have broken away on our own, there are still plenty of things that we need to know. Holly made sure that we were prepared and when we weren't, she walked us through patterns and explained different things to us. So, again THANK YOU Holly! We appreciate all of your help.

LOOK DOWN THERE BAILEY....

Sara keeps saying that she will one day be in the Olympics... dreaming doesn't hurt anyone now does it. One day the dream could possibly come true ~ you never know. Until then we train, train, and train some more.

Bailey says that she will be Sara's GROOM in the Olympics, so she also must train, train, and train some more.

It looks as though Bailey missed a spot on Sara's boots! She had better make sure she gets it right, or the gold medal could be the difference of a clump of dirt on the boot, or doing the job correctly and not having the "extra weight" on the boot weighing her down! (well okay, I did go a little overboard, but it did sound funny at the time ~ guess you had to be there)

Actually, Bailey wanted to come with us and see what it's all about. I think she had a really good time with us. I know we all had fun with her around and can't wait for the next one. THANKS FOR YOUR HELPING HAND BAILEY!

Time for warm ups...

Gia warming up in the warm up ring next to the covered arena.

Looks like she has the whole ring to herself!

Need some advice Sara???

Sara, how many times have I told you that you can't be nervous during a show!

Watch me and i'll show you how it's done ~ do the same and I promise you won't be nervous!

One Proud Mother............

Gia has such a huge smile on her face and don't you know it, so does the Mom! Kellie has every reason to be proud of Gia. All of her leads were correct, she jumped a perfect course when she needed to, and came home sporting a nice pink ribbon for a 5th place finish. Not too shabby considering the classes were so big, they had to be split into two for the flat work.

Gia also has this huge grin on her face because she won the BLUE RIBBON for pole bending! Go figure!!!! Way to go Gia and J.P.!!! She had so much fun in the 11 and under that she then competed again in the youth pole bending ~ she placed 5th in that one. Wow! What a great show Gia!

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

We just could not let the week go by without having a special celebration for Kellie! We had a birthday party for her the day after her birthday ~ we wanted her to think that we had forgotten, when in fact we had something special planned. As you can see in the picture in the margin to the right, we had a lot of people show up for her special night!
She was SO SURPRISED!!! In order to make sure that she arrived AFTER the rest of us, I had her go and pick up her own special pizza from NYPD while the rest of us ate a different kind of pizza. Then I made her go in the feed room door and walk straight in to all of the guests waiting to greet her! Thank you all for sharing this special day and making it fun for Kellie. Sara and Bailey, you did a wonderful job on the decorations too!

Here We Come

Hey everyone, Sara here! Gia and I are getting ready to go to the Clemson show! Were gonna do so good and have soooo much fun! Gia is doing excellent with JP and i'm taking Jack into the hunter classes. Bailey is looking to buy a horse right now but we dont know how long its gonna take. Bailey is going to come to the Clemson show with us to see what its all about and watch all the other riders. Badger is doing excellent in his new Dressage bridle! He looks soooooo handsome! Only one more week til school starts!!!! Later Gators! Sara

Poetry in Motion--Literally!!

What can I say....Jack and Sara are a beautiful
couple! Shhhh....don't let Badger find out!

Wow! What a pair!!

Gia and JP hanging out and doing a little jumping at home!

Sara & Jack

Here's the picture of Sara jumping Jack at the Middleton Fun Show. We really didn't think Jack aka "Poetry In Motion" could jump too high, but this was 2' 3" and he cleared it with ease! Obviously he hated the flowers at the jump and did not want them to touch him!

Now we know his little secret!

We are hoping for a good showing at the next show we attend, as we will be using Jack for the Hunter classes. Badger will be "saved" for Jumper only.