I had a barrel race in Rosenberg yesterday. I ran Shiner and Badger. Badger and I missed our first barrel a bit, but we did well on the other two barrels. That cost us a little time and money, but I was happy with the run. We ended up 6th in the 2D.
I am doing well in the 5D so I decided to try and win the 5D saddle on Shiner. We coasted in there and had a nice first turn. He stumbled on the 2nd, but was able to recover and do fine on the 3rd. We ran out and had a perfect time to place 3rd in the 5D.
Work is kicking my butt this year. To say I'm busy is an understatement. There are so many changes this year. It's hard keeping up with it all. I sure hope it slows down before my blood pressure starts reflecting the stress.
Shelby is doing well and is finally adjusting to me working full time again. It was hard on both of us. Shelby had many melt downs those first two weeks, but now she's getting into the groove and getting used to everything.
I am uploading videos of our run. I'll add the links after they upload. It's taking a while.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Fun Times
Tonight we had practice with the Rodeo Sweethearts. We had an exciting event I had to share. One of the girls had a her horse spook and get out a little from underneath her. Enough to make her lose her balance a little while carrying the flag. She tried to catch her balance, but wasn't able to and ended up bailing off. In the meantime, the flag is still in the boot and dragging next to her horse. It is FREAKING her horse out. Poor thing! Well the horse goes flying around the arena, desperate for help. I stay on Badger as the horse comes flying by and Badger freaks and quickly scoots to the left...I mean QUICKLY....I grab the horn and about lose my seat. The horse with the flag turns around and comes running by us again (with flag dragging on the ground) and that's when Badger bucks. SOmehow, he got me over the front horn and I'm sitting on his shoulders in FRONT of the saddle. I grab both reins and say a quick prayer that he won't turn one way or the other quickly cause i would've been off. I then was able to stop him and bounce back over the saddle.
My lesson? The importance of riding in a saddle that fits you. :) I was in Ryan's saddle....
Luckily, the girl that fell of is ok and just had a scrape on the back of her head. Her ride was WAY more eventful than mine.
I am going to enjoy the last two days with Shelby and then I'm back full time on Monday. :(
This weekend I have a barrel race and after how quick Badger was I am looking forward to running him. He felt great!
My lesson? The importance of riding in a saddle that fits you. :) I was in Ryan's saddle....
Luckily, the girl that fell of is ok and just had a scrape on the back of her head. Her ride was WAY more eventful than mine.
I am going to enjoy the last two days with Shelby and then I'm back full time on Monday. :(
This weekend I have a barrel race and after how quick Badger was I am looking forward to running him. He felt great!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Nothing New
The summer is winding down as we get up for a new school year and cooler temps.
This week I took Badger to Bryan, TX to a vet that specializes in lameness. He has been off in the backend and so we decided to have him looked at. So i drove the two hours north.
The vet could tell he was lame and did some X-rays to find his hock is fusing and causing him some pain. Not the greatest news, but it wasn't terrible news. So we need to give him bute daily and batamine when we compete on him. Eventually his hocks will fuse and the pain will go away. It may take him awhile.
So I load the horses with my plan to go to the George Ranch for practice i go to crank my truck up and it just clicks. I go back inside to ask for a jump. I was hoping that would work. It didn't. Long story, short - one of the guys, Matt, took out my batteries. Mrs.Honnas, the vets wife, took me to auto zone and then o'reilley where they said it would be $ 240 to replace two batteries that were ~3 years old and had an 8 year warranty. I asked why they weren't prorating the batteries. They talked some more and then didn't charge me anything. Praise God!
So now it is 5:15, 2 hrs since i discovered my batteries were dead. I drove back to Richmond to meet with the girls to ride at 7:30. A long day, but a good way to show how great and helpful people are in the horse world!!!
The rest of the week has been less exciting which was good. :-)
Ryan has been very busy with his work. It is wonderful to not have the rent house mortgage to pay anymore! I know he is thankful to have some
Money leftover after he deposits his checks. :-).
He is going to a ranch rodeo on Saturday. I wish I could go, but it is in the evening and so I have to stay with Shelby.
That's it for now. Writing on my iPhone hurts my wrist.
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This week I took Badger to Bryan, TX to a vet that specializes in lameness. He has been off in the backend and so we decided to have him looked at. So i drove the two hours north.
The vet could tell he was lame and did some X-rays to find his hock is fusing and causing him some pain. Not the greatest news, but it wasn't terrible news. So we need to give him bute daily and batamine when we compete on him. Eventually his hocks will fuse and the pain will go away. It may take him awhile.
So I load the horses with my plan to go to the George Ranch for practice i go to crank my truck up and it just clicks. I go back inside to ask for a jump. I was hoping that would work. It didn't. Long story, short - one of the guys, Matt, took out my batteries. Mrs.Honnas, the vets wife, took me to auto zone and then o'reilley where they said it would be $ 240 to replace two batteries that were ~3 years old and had an 8 year warranty. I asked why they weren't prorating the batteries. They talked some more and then didn't charge me anything. Praise God!
So now it is 5:15, 2 hrs since i discovered my batteries were dead. I drove back to Richmond to meet with the girls to ride at 7:30. A long day, but a good way to show how great and helpful people are in the horse world!!!
The rest of the week has been less exciting which was good. :-)
Ryan has been very busy with his work. It is wonderful to not have the rent house mortgage to pay anymore! I know he is thankful to have some
Money leftover after he deposits his checks. :-).
He is going to a ranch rodeo on Saturday. I wish I could go, but it is in the evening and so I have to stay with Shelby.
That's it for now. Writing on my iPhone hurts my wrist.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Rain rain go away
All it does is rain these days. Blah! I can do very little with the horses. I am lucky to have sweethearts on Wednesday and a friend with an indoor arena.
Shelby and I met up with some old friends I worked with as a teacher way back when yesterday. It was great to see them! We get together every few months for lunch. I always look forward to it.
Today we are going to pick up a dresser from a friend. We plan to redo the wood and put it in our room or shelby's.
I ran Badger for the first time last weekend and he did an awesome job! He was 15th out of 112 horses. I was very happy with that run. I could feel we were both a little rusty and have room to improve!
Shiner is currently 4th in the 5D so I am going to work on getting some 5D points on him. He has a lot more potential but with all this rain I just can't work him like he needs. I have decided to sell him at the end of the year.
Twister is feeling good again so I am riding him again. My neighbor, Kayla, is going to run him. I can't afford to run three horses. It adds up quickly.
Ryan is doing well. He has been hog hunting as much as he can. That is his new hobby. They go at night so Shelby and I stay home. I miss him team roping but he seems to like this hobby.
Not much else is going on. The rain slows us down.
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Shelby and I met up with some old friends I worked with as a teacher way back when yesterday. It was great to see them! We get together every few months for lunch. I always look forward to it.
Today we are going to pick up a dresser from a friend. We plan to redo the wood and put it in our room or shelby's.
I ran Badger for the first time last weekend and he did an awesome job! He was 15th out of 112 horses. I was very happy with that run. I could feel we were both a little rusty and have room to improve!
Shiner is currently 4th in the 5D so I am going to work on getting some 5D points on him. He has a lot more potential but with all this rain I just can't work him like he needs. I have decided to sell him at the end of the year.
Twister is feeling good again so I am riding him again. My neighbor, Kayla, is going to run him. I can't afford to run three horses. It adds up quickly.
Ryan is doing well. He has been hog hunting as much as he can. That is his new hobby. They go at night so Shelby and I stay home. I miss him team roping but he seems to like this hobby.
Not much else is going on. The rain slows us down.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Congrats Cejay!
My nephews baseball team makes the paper! If they win they will travel to Illinois!
Tri-Village hosts Bronco Baseball regional tournament in Pinconning
Courtesy for The Bay City Times
The Tri-Village All-Stars host the five-team Bronco Baseball regional tournament this week in Pinconning.
An 11- and 12-year-old baseball championship is on the line in Pinconning this weekend as Tri-Village hosts the Bronco Baseball regional tournament.
All-stars from Tri-Village’s seven-team Bronco League take on challengers from Dearborn, Westland, Lakes and Grand Ledge, with a berth in the zone tournament on the line. Tri-Village was regional runner-up a year ago and is looking to take it a step further on its home field.
“This is our first time hosting,” coach Randy Rodriguez said. “It’s going to be pretty exciting for the kids and I expect a good turnout.”
Cejay Krause, Aaron Rodriguez, Luke Bruzewski, Tony Robbins, Conor Acord, Owen Herner, Austin Koin, Jaret Koin, Shawn O’Keefe, Luke Waldie, Zach Booth and Derek LaBean suit up for Tri-Village, which has its first game at 6 p.m. Friday.
The double-elimination event begins with games at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. today and runs through Sunday’s 11 a.m. title game at Doc Letchfield Park.
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Tri-Village hosts Bronco Baseball regional tournament in Pinconning
Courtesy for The Bay City Times
The Tri-Village All-Stars host the five-team Bronco Baseball regional tournament this week in Pinconning.
An 11- and 12-year-old baseball championship is on the line in Pinconning this weekend as Tri-Village hosts the Bronco Baseball regional tournament.
All-stars from Tri-Village’s seven-team Bronco League take on challengers from Dearborn, Westland, Lakes and Grand Ledge, with a berth in the zone tournament on the line. Tri-Village was regional runner-up a year ago and is looking to take it a step further on its home field.
“This is our first time hosting,” coach Randy Rodriguez said. “It’s going to be pretty exciting for the kids and I expect a good turnout.”
Cejay Krause, Aaron Rodriguez, Luke Bruzewski, Tony Robbins, Conor Acord, Owen Herner, Austin Koin, Jaret Koin, Shawn O’Keefe, Luke Waldie, Zach Booth and Derek LaBean suit up for Tri-Village, which has its first game at 6 p.m. Friday.
The double-elimination event begins with games at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. today and runs through Sunday’s 11 a.m. title game at Doc Letchfield Park.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Silly Shelby
Shelby found tights and wanted to out them on. Then I put the dress on. I wanted a pic. She chose the spot and then said 'chheeeese'. Ha.
Then she went to 2nd pose.
Here is the pic I took before she started to pose.
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Then she went to 2nd pose.
Here is the pic I took before she started to pose.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Badger
As you know, Badger has been off from barrel racing since we won our saddle last November.
After hock injections, some days off and joint supplement I started to ride him on Monday. I worked him on the barrels Wednesday only to be very dissapointed. He wasn't smooth, was barely running and made terrible turns. I was really disappointed but was reminded by a friend sometime it takes a few rides for horses to know they are no longer hurting.
Today I decided to take it slow and go back to the basic horsemanship. After working on calming him down and getting him to chill out a little I trotted the pattern and he turned them really well. So then I lopes him around the barrels. Even better! He was turning properly and getting down around the turns and using his hind quarters. It was awesome!!! I only loped him but I can't wait to make that fast run!!! Woohoo! My boy is back. It feels awesome!!!
My next barrel race is next Saturday. My goal is to make a fast run on him b4 then to see how her feels. I will also do more slow work and exercise him to try and get re weight off of him. He is very fat!
Shiner is doing well too. He has been really grumpy so I am keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't have any issues. He lost both front shoes the other morning. He pulled them both off in the arena. I was working on making him snappish and faster. We accomplishes that attempt cost of his front shoes. :-(. Hopefully Ryan will out them back on soon!
I Started stretching both horses. Shiner really likes it. I will start to stretch his legs an he'll finish it for me.
Badger is real stiff but that doesn't surprise me since he's been a pasture ornament.
It is sooooo hot down here! I am soaked at 9 am when I come in from riding. We have been in the house all day today. Shelby is getting a little bored. We'll have to go outside after a while so she can get some fresh air and play with her kittens.
I guess this is enough. Until next time....
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After hock injections, some days off and joint supplement I started to ride him on Monday. I worked him on the barrels Wednesday only to be very dissapointed. He wasn't smooth, was barely running and made terrible turns. I was really disappointed but was reminded by a friend sometime it takes a few rides for horses to know they are no longer hurting.
Today I decided to take it slow and go back to the basic horsemanship. After working on calming him down and getting him to chill out a little I trotted the pattern and he turned them really well. So then I lopes him around the barrels. Even better! He was turning properly and getting down around the turns and using his hind quarters. It was awesome!!! I only loped him but I can't wait to make that fast run!!! Woohoo! My boy is back. It feels awesome!!!
My next barrel race is next Saturday. My goal is to make a fast run on him b4 then to see how her feels. I will also do more slow work and exercise him to try and get re weight off of him. He is very fat!
Shiner is doing well too. He has been really grumpy so I am keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't have any issues. He lost both front shoes the other morning. He pulled them both off in the arena. I was working on making him snappish and faster. We accomplishes that attempt cost of his front shoes. :-(. Hopefully Ryan will out them back on soon!
I Started stretching both horses. Shiner really likes it. I will start to stretch his legs an he'll finish it for me.
Badger is real stiff but that doesn't surprise me since he's been a pasture ornament.
It is sooooo hot down here! I am soaked at 9 am when I come in from riding. We have been in the house all day today. Shelby is getting a little bored. We'll have to go outside after a while so she can get some fresh air and play with her kittens.
I guess this is enough. Until next time....
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