Practice Makes Perfect

Karin holds vaulting practice each Monday and Wednesday at 10:00 am. Usually I have to work but today I decided to go in right after the practice so got to watch. A neighbor man also came to learn more about Friesians and stayed to watch. He was very impressed with both the vaulters and Ribbon. Below are a few pictures.

A few more of this practice were placed on the Horsemeister Inc Facebook page. Diane kept the younger children busy with golf cart rides.

After the practice they all went to Diane's pond to cool off. 

David and Stephanie arrived to join in the fun with Israel.

Karin decided to quit swimming and go work with the new mare Whitney. Of course the camera had to be taken over for that event.

We were both impressed with how well she did. She is not educated but it won't take long. She figured out quickly if she stands next to Karin she won't have to work. After the training session she was hosed off and fly sprayed down then put back in with Ribbon. Karin got Cheyenne out next for some round pen reasoning.

Cheyenne is a very athletic reining bred paint mare. She turns on a dime and will do sliding stops. She remembered her last session pretty quickly and Karin got a good response from her. Cheyenne goes in to the vet early tomorrow morning for her ultrasound. If she is pregnant she will be hauled out to Middle Grove along with Bonnie, Jenis and Sheena. If she is not pregnant she will stay for Mike to tease and cover while we are gone. At 6:00 pm Karin held the Friesian practice for the August 16th performance at Weaver Farms. She said Eliza and Zalena were good, Jenis is of course perfect but we will need to do some modifying with Ribbon and Noah. 

Mark, Fede, and Mike all drove to church tonight from out here. There was just too many to car-pool. Tim Funk had the service. He was still riding the wave from the wonderful weekend. (those were his words).