Ethan SOLD

Karin decided she had better work horses early this morning before the heat hit. She took Brista out while we were on our walk. She was able to saddle her, put weight on her and actually sit on her for a few seconds today.

That was a huge success for a mare that had never been handled just 9 days ago. But the biggest success today came when Karin decided Coke was ready for the 'death trails' for the very first time with a rider. Karin asked Jessica to ride Missy and lead the way.

 They stopped to talk before heading out and Jessica happened to look up into the tree and saw a snake skin hanging down.

 Below is a zoomed in picture of this skin. It is a big snake to leave that long of a skin behind in the tree that far up.

They continued the ride crossing the first creek with no problem at all. 

 Below they are cantering, this was the first time Coke has ever been cantered under saddle and she did perfect. The entire ride was amazing. 

 Below they are coming home on the drive from Spark's house. 

 Coke stopped when she reached the field not sure if she should take another step but Jessica brought Missy back and off they went to the barn. 

What a huge success for this mare and for Karin. This mare has only been here in training for 15 days and today was only the first time ridden outside of the round pen.
The next job of the day was to finish weeding and raking the arena. In fact Karin got ALL of the arenas raked today.

By the time she finished the sun was out, the heat and humidty were way to high to stay outside. We went to a late breakfast at the Hog Trough in Hanna City, then she went to work at mom's and I went to Berean to pick up the Bible studies for church on Sunday. When I got home there was a message from a man wanting to put down a deposit on Rosaleigh's colt by Evan we named Ethan.

The deposit came by paypal so that colt has been marked sold. He will be going to North Carolina once he is weaned.

He was marked sold right before we needed to be over at mom's for dinner. Karin bought pork chops and invited Mark and I. Mark grilled them, Karin cooked the rest of the dinner and we provided dessert. The meal was delicious. Later Ruth, Spark and Rhonda came over. We spent the evening playing games then eating icecream and visiting. What a great day!