I’ve certainly missed the rain, but I haven’t missed the mud. Last winter, the West Coast was dry as a bone. I got complacent and completely forgot the arduous slog it can be out to the back pasture to retrieve my pony. This is the time of year that I realize how lucky I am to have a pony who meets me at the gate. While the hike out to the pastures is often a mini-Tuff-Mudder challenge, we all know how pasture-gate areas get after even the tiniest bit of rain. Having a pony who meets me at the gate is worth every dollar I have ever spent on horse cookies. It prevents me from having to cross the treacherous muddy section of the pasture that sucked my boots off three winters ago. I still shiver when I remember the feeling of boot-socks sinking in to pasture glop.
Weekend Action:
Rocking Horse Winter I HT: [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times][Live Scores]
Full Gallop Farm January HT: [Website] [Entry Status][Live Scores]
Saturday Links:
Phoenix horse track under quarantine after herpes outbreak
Horse Racing: California can’t afford to let its horses get away
Illinois farms guard against virus that has killed horses in Bartlett
New York Council may vote on raise and horse-carriage bill on same day
Horse drawn buggy driver killed in crash in Wisconsin
Anger as historic horse-drawn tram axed in cost-cutting exercise after 140 years
Saturday Video: If your ring is a mud-bog, this technique from the Polo crowd might be useful!