Saying Good-by to the Goose Ranch Horses

Karin came over even before breakfast was cooked to report she was taking 4 horses to Jubilee for a trail ride and two of them were Coke and Brista. The riders for those two horses were Shaeya and Noah the two Herman grandchildren who have been working with Karin to train them. They brought their friend Natalie to ride too so Karin and Natalie rode Missy and Bunni. Below Natalie is bringing Bunni up to load into the trailer.

 Bunni and Missy were loaded up first into the front of the trailer.

 Coke and Brista were brought next to load into the back of the trailer. 

 As soon as they pulled away Mark got on the tractor to mow. The weeds have taken over while we were on vacation at Diamond Lake and then at Mayo Clinic. He got the pond pasture mowed, the track around the fields mowed, Valiant's pasture and the mare pasture all today.

 He was finishing up when Karin pulled up with the truck and trailer back from their trail ride at Jubilee. 

 The ride went great. The only problem is everytime Karin rides out there she gets lost. Thankfully Shaeya kept her eyes opened and found the trail back. The horses were unloaded, the tack taken off, Missy and Bunni put away then Brista and Coke loaded back up for their trip back to the Giant Goose Ranch in Canton, IL.

They will be glad to be back there and the campers will be thrilled the horses are back. Only now the horses can be caught, fly sprayed, tacked up and ridden. What a change from when they arrived. They could not be caught, nor fly sprayed and had never had any training whatsoever.
An amazing update came in today from Jessica, the lady that bought Jewel's 2016 filly by Evan. She writes:
Hi Judy, We showed Riata today at her first in-hand competition. She was the only entry in her classes so unfortunately we didn't get to see how she would have compared against other yearlings, but the judge (who was the World Cup dressage judge in Omaha) LOVED her and said she had one of the best minds she's ever seen on a horse period, let alone a baby! She couldn't believe she was only a yearling! To get a compliment from an international judge like that judges Olympic dressage horses means a lot! Lots of great things in store for this baby! Everyone was really impressed with her. 

We always knew Jewel and Evan throw amazing babies and now we have proof!  A big thanks for THAT update!