Meg and Claire Alexa and Kalypso Danielle and Elmer

Danielle and Ash

Bob and Claire

May Galway!

We made the long trek down to Galway for the 2nd time this spring with 4 horses in tow. Danielle and Ash finished their 3rd prelim and even got past the scary down hill hanging log that they were afraid of! Alexa and Kalypso were in their finest form, finishing on their dressage score and taking home 3rd in the Jr. Training! Alexa has finally learned to growl and I think "K" is scared.

I competed Claire again for second ever event and she was a true star, coming home with 5th and a blue ribbon for winning the BN team competition :) Claire felt even better than Ram Tap and was much more settled about the jumps, though the scary stuff around the jumps is another matter... a work in progress as always. Bob got a chance to do a dressage and jump round on Friday for schooling and I do believe there may be some progress :)

Noah has had a tough month with something clearly bothering him physically. We had a jump school with Gina Miles the week before the show and while he had some great jumps, there were definately moments where he wasn't himself. I did 2 practice rounds on Friday in hopes of working out the kinks, to no avail. Saturday's dressage was my best EVER earning a 28.2, good enough for second place. However when doing a final check of his jump boots before our stadium I discovered some slight swelling in his knee. Had to make the tough call to withdraw as something just wasn't quite right. We've since returned home and had Wayne out twice. I'm happy to report that Noah will be just fine! He had some iritation in his knee and an old splint had acted up causing him to be sore. I am so thankful I listened to the horse and pulled him out when he was hurting. He's good as new and will have a relatively easy outting at Woodside with Xander in the Training division as we want to ensure he is 100% before moving him up again.

Updates?
I just can't keep up! Here's Everytime I think about doing updates I realize just how far behind I am which makes me put off updating:)

March Galway:
Danielle and Ash-pants made the move up to Prelim this spring! They got around and had some awesome moments.
Meg and Noah finished 4th in OT
Meg and Kalypso had a discussion about going FORWARD, Meg won :)
Sophie and Cooper successfully made the move up to Novice despite running x-c with a temp (Sophie, not Cooper)



It's a BOY!
Kelsey gave birth to a healthy colt while we were on the way home from Galway! "Just One More" aka "Ian" (after Ian Stark, of course) is by Formula One.

Twin One Day:
We brought plenty of horses to the Twin One Day. The results!
Jennifer and Jamaica 1st Elementary CT
Emma and Matilda 4th Elementary
Tricia and Toby 2nd Beginner Novice
Caroline and Bodie 3rd Beginner Novice
Bob and Claire 5th Beginner Novice
Emily and Bodie 4th Novice
Sophie and Cooper 1st Novice

April Ram Tap:

No Rain! Really nice to finally have a Ram Tap with no rain :) Alexa and Kalypso finished the Jr Training in 7th, Nikki and Patton conquered the down bank and coffin, finishing 6th. Danielle and Ash completed their 2nd Prelim and went CLEAR! Finishing 8th. Meg and Claire made it through their first Beginner Novice together and were 6th and Emily and Bodie finished 7th in the Jr. Novice.

April Twin HT:

The Twin HT went well with everyone riding strongly in all 3 phases. Meg and Noah finished 7th in Open Training, Sophie and Cooper were 9th in the Jr. Novice, Kyana and Seeker made their Novice debut and were 6th in the Jr. Novice, with Sydnee and Zara finishing 9th in the Jr. Training.