update

Update!! so most important news first. The new trainer is in!! Mellisa Gross is officialy my, gia's, carly & sydney's, and callie's. Mellisa and i had our first lesson on friday of last week. It was great. i think it will all work out well. Next. Sassy is still behaving like a dream! she is somewhat sore so i really haven't ridden her in a couple of days. She is starting to really listen to me over the fences. she used to just snap her head up, race herself towards then fece, then pop it like a deer. now, she's slowing down, thinking about her jump, and acutally jumping nice and round. We might even do a mullet hall show in febuary if we keep improving! My next news is acutally for Sara and Badger. this weekend we are loading up Badge and driving to aiken for a psj show! Good luck Sara and Nobility's true badge!!




**********************Bailey

from my last post

Thursday

so today was early at the barn! Sara and i went out there at 9:00 and stayed till 5:00! in that time we did what is expected. first we worked. all the stalls (ALL the horses were because of the cold) the hay, the feed, the water. then it was time to play!! first I pulled Sassy's mane!! it looks soooooooo much better! then me and Sara took Badger and Sassy down to the ring and put up some free-jumping fences. Sassy went first. she really hasn't been free jumped so she was kinda nervous and kept turning away at the last minute. but we got there in the end! we raised the bar to 2'6 and she cleared it like it was 3ft! she's more athletic than i thought! but then old pro at free-jumping badger came and the jumps went higher and WIDER! in the end we put the jumps 3ft high and 5ft 8inches wide! he cleared it like it was nothing. i will post pictures and videos when i find the camera cord!

news

So we have some new news around the barn. We are getting a new trainer! Jenn has decided she doesn't have time to train everyone so she will only train Sara. So me, Gia, carly & Sydney, and denise will get a Mellisa! I haven't met mellisa yet but from what i have heard she does just a bout everything. Jumper, Hunter, Barrels, gymkhana, and just about everything else. she is in college right now and is very excited to start training us. I will miss Jenn of course. i have never had another trainer like her before and there will probably never be one again. but at least Jenn isn't going away forever! As i said before she will still train Sara and she will continue to ride with us when she gets her own horse! can't wait to see him Jenn!!


so off of the sad news. Yesterday we had Sara's b-day party! it was quiet insteresting. It was sort of hard to keep Sara down at the ring while we set it up but we pulled it off! she was so suprised! the cake was excelent and so was everything else. I can't wait till our upcoming five - day weekend and i can ride every day! Get readty Sassifras!!

Tuxbury trail riding

So today we loaded up some horses and took of to the tuxbury trail! Sara rode Badger, Jenn rode Jack, Janet rode buddy, and I of course rode Sassy!! Badger of course gave us a hard time loading but not as bad as usual. And although she is slow at it Sassy always gets on. We got there and we met up with some very nice ladies before we went off on our adventure. It started out well, everyone going calm and collected. We had been riding for a bout a hour when it started to rain. It came down as a drizzle at first then it got harder and harder. But at least the horses didin't mind! Sassy defintally needs more trail experince. My mare has absolutly MASTERED the prancing technique. she can almost prance in place! So we need to go on a lot more trail rides!! I can't wait until we go again.