Eatin' Dirt...

Well, we ate dirt last night for the first time ever... we fell going around 3rd barrel. Doc and I are both okay though. He's not even stiff like I thought he might be this morning. Hala and I rubbed him down with linament last night so that must've helped. He's got no swelling, heat or tenderness in his legs! Yay! He did however loose his left shoe in the ordeal, or maybe losing the shoe was the cause of him falling. So, we gotta get a shoe replaced, but other than that we're alright.

He's such a good boy! He was watching out for me while he was falling. He started to roll, but saw me and managed to get back on his feet. Thank goodness he's alright.

Oh, and I have great friends who get scared for me. It's great to know that such awesome people have got your back when life throws you in the dust (or in this case, your horse rolls you in the dirt).

Note: arena dirt does not taste good, but it is softer than it looks.

Quote for the day:

"If you haven't died within 24 hours of doing something, you can dust yourself off & do it again!"

Gettin' Around 3rd...

I am so proud of Doc!!! He ran hard into first and made a good turn. 2nd was okay. 3rd still needs some work, but we're gonna keep practicing. I love my lil' ole bay horse. All in all, he ran good and together we're going to keep getting better.

Want to say thanks to everyone who came out last night, both to compete and to watch! And, a big thanks to Rick Black for the use of his tractor throughout our series & to Belinda Wright for helping us with whatever we need!!! We love you!!! To my local girls, thank you so much for all your support. You're great friends & wonderful people!

Didn't have as many people there as what we'd hoped, but still not bad for the first one! Hopefully, word will continue to spread and we'll keep growing. Saddle's going to be nice. Getting it ordered next week, and we're going to look @ buckle's this weekend!

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Running, Running, Running

Okay, so I haven't posted in a while. I've been slacking on posting. Waldron Summer Saddle Series starts tonight. I am sooo excited. Hala and I have been getting calls & the word is out so get ready ladies. It's time to turn & burn in Waldron town. We're really hoping that we have a good turnout tonight and for the rest of the summer.

I mean, what's better than running your horse on a beautiful spring/summer day?

Good news... I am finally starting to get back to where I want to be as far as my riding goes. Don't get me wrong, there's still lots of room for improvement (there always is), but I'm at least starting to get comfortable again. Hala and I took our horses to Ft. Smith a lil' over a week ago and ran them there. I am so thankful we made a clean run.

You know how some horses spook at the color white? Well, Doc's an odd ball. White doesn't bother him, but he's scared to death of yellow. Ever heard of that before? Me neither, but he is. Well it just so happens that the barrels that night were Y-E-L-L-O-W!!! I almost had a heart attack when Hala pointed to the arena and said, "Did you see the barrels?" Thank goodness that lots of stuff in the parking lot was yellow and I drew pretty far down on the list. We started walking around yellow posts and yellow cattle guards and I finally got him to where he wasn't spooking at them every time we walked by. Guess what? We went in the make our run and he didn't shy not ONE time at a yellow barrel. He just went on around 'em like he'd done it a hundred times. I was so proud of him.

I made a couple practice runs on him last week getting ready for tonight. He's really doing good and I'm finally letting him open up a lil'. Not because he can't do it, but because I was afraid I couldn't. But, I surprised myself and made two good runs on him, so now we're just waiting for tonight. Can't Wait!!!

Well, it's really past time for me to get to work, so everyone have a blessed day.

Saddle Up!