Good thing I hadn't planned on riding today - a brisk and chilly north wind made the upper 30's, even with sun, feel pretty darn cold. I took a bridle along, just in case I was wrong about the wind chill, thinking maybe I'd work with Thunder. But my ears were protesting after only a few minutes out of the tree grove's shelter, so no-go on that.
Wormed both boys and hung out for a while. According to the weight tape, both of them weigh what they did in December, give or take a pound or two. Then headed over to J's and wormed Rufus. For once even Sunny was fairly cooperative, but it's still good to have that chore out of the way for a while. Vaccinations are due next month....
The Scottsdale Arabian show started yesterday, and it's streaming live on iEquine through Feb. 26th. So far I've caught portions of junior rider performance classes, but age doesn't have much bearing at all on how impressive the riders are. Wow. Fun to see the horses all shined up and glossy, too - although comparing them to my furry yaks is sort of depressing! Is anyone else watching? Cheering for someone in particular?
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Thanks for posting that link! So much fun to watch! Half/Anglo Show Hacks right now - a class I've never seen before.
If you see/hear about any horses from Jerland Farms in Wisconsin, I'd love to hear about it how they did. I get to visit those horses in person a few times a year. Not sure if they've got any at Scottsdale this year or not or which ones they'd be.
Missed that one, but I'll keep an eye/ear out for Jerland Farms. Someday I'd love to go watch in person - the variety of classes is amazing!
I realized the arena they're streaming from is mostly junior classes, so I don't expect to hear anything about Jerland. Wish there was a way to see the other arenas - I'd love to watch some of the more "active" events - reining, dressage, etc. Still very interesting though, and the costume class last night - wow!
I just watched the 17 and under JTR native costume championship. So gorgeous. If you click the "channels" tab, you should see the Wendell arena where the adult classes are happening, and reining - but it looks like events in there won't start until 6PM MT.
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