We have so much to do to get ready for this huge event held March 6th, 7th, and 8th. Our vaulters have been working hard all winter. We have new warm-ups for our uniforms, Ribbon is almost too fit and now Karin is worried she will act up during the performance. Over 10,000 people come through the fair and we want to look our best. We are trying to win first place in the crowd appeal division so if any of you are going, please be sure to cheer LOUDLY for us. We will have fresh popped popcorn, warm delicious cotton candy, other sweets and this year even some cute horse bracelets for the children at our stall. Please stop by for goodies or just come by to talk.
One of our fund raiser ideas for the vaulters is maybe holding a raffle for a free breeding to Raven but each year we are pretty booked up with customers so I don't think I can talk my partners into this. Mike handles most of the breedings and last summer he said I worked him too hard, in fact his exact words were, "you're killing me!" I try not to over book but some mares don't go out when we expect and some come in earlier. Last year we had to put some of our customers off for a couple of weeks so we decided we must have more space available for outside mares and have all the lumber bought,just waiting for the weather to break to start putting it up. We had to use Raven twice a day for weeks at a time, don't get the wrong idea, RAVEN loves his job and is ALWAYS willing. What a life he has, he only has one job and he does it so well. The picture is of the Iowa Horse Fair held in Des Moine, IA in April 2008. Ribbon was 10 months pregnant at the time.
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