lately

so lately a lot has been going on. i will give the update on everyone. First off me!! Sassy has been doing well. she pulled a muscle in her front leg so she had about a week off and when i got on her again she didn't want to jump. she was refusing even the tinyest fence. with the help of the lovely jenn we got her jumping two feet with no refusals!! i took her on a trail ride with Sara today and she did well excpt for her usual competitveness. next... Sara and Badger! Sara has been working with Badger on his jumper training and dressage. he has been giving turns to Sara that are absolutly AMAZING!! and his extended trot is getting better too. and now for Carly & sydney! they have been doing great in their lessons and even trotting ground poles! way to go guys! everyone else is doing great too. we are also making some changes to the barn. today whit powerwashed the steel girders in the pasture and we hope to get the barn powerwashed and re-painted soon! and in case you don't know already we have a new barn member! Nicole A. has come and is riding tuff! already he is looking ten times better! good job nicole!!






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

barn slideshow!!

Hey yall!

so this is the whole dealeo wiht whats been happining lately. We went up to aiken this weekend for Sara's first PSJ show!! although they didn't place, Badger and Sara did awesome! Badger was jsut a little to excited and couldn't get his fat butt around some of the turns. but it was a great learning experience!We all really enjoyed it. and then after that show me and Sara hopped on some of the horses that needed to be ridden. Sara got on jody forst and he was great! only one buck! then we got on crackerjack. he hadn't been ridden in a bout 3 months and din't really want to be ridden in the ring but once we took him on the trail he was great!!

Sassy and i are coming along good. she is getting more confident in her jumping and so am i!! it is not official but this weekend we might load up Sassy and take her to mullet hall for Sassy first show and my first in 3 years!! can't wait!!!!!!!!

***************************BAILEY

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!!