Practice Makes Nearly Perfect

Well maybe nearly perfect is an exaggeration, but after the 3rd try with the temperatures hovering in the teens it was close enough. Emily's dress was too long and each time she stepped backward she would step on the dress. Below Karin has tucked the dress up for Emily:

Below Mitchel is holding Evan waiting his turn to enter the arena.

We were wondering if the boys would react to Emily's dress but they both just took it in stride. Emily popped on Evan as Karin led him back.

Steven Marchal arrived to work with Emily Ricketts on the boys. Below is Emily on Valiant.

By the time he was done working with her Emily had cantered each boy around the arena. Once the tack was off, the 3 stallions were grained then put away and we finally went in for some lunch, this was around 2:30pm and we had worked up an appetite. Costumes were talked about and decided on. Rhoda, Mykala and Mitchell Cooksey are wearing the velvet robes, the girls will wear the red ones while Mitchell as the prince will wear the royal color purple. Emily's dress will need some modification.