Very HOT

The high today was predicted to hit 98 degrees. I'm not sure if it did or not but if felt like WELL over a hundred. Karin came early to start the trail rides and still we needed to hose the horses of before the trail ride and after. Below Braelyn and Kensley are hosing off Cookie.

Karin sent Sarah Reinhard our with the first group taking the 4 walkers, Sally, Bunni, Cookie and Star. The riders were Sarah and Taegan riding Sally, Anna and Addyson riding Bunni, Braelyn riding Cookie and Shaeya riding Star.

While they were out the next group of mares were brought in to tack up which was Lily, Ayanna, Jewel and Soul. All the mares and their foals did great.  Left to right front row is Lily's colt, Jewel's filly, Ayanna's colt and Soul's colt. In the second row are Austin riding Lily, Tyler riding Ayanna, Samantha riding Jewel and Karin riding Soul.

The foals are getting wonderful training with this method. They are learning to stay with the group, cross creeks, and climb hills. Once the this ride was over Karin and Shaeya  took Bunni and Sally swimming across the lake.

It was just too hot for the kids to play on the playground so Sarah, Nolan, Anna and Tauyna took Zion, Braelyn, Taegan, Kensley, Addyson and Abe to State Farm Park and spent the day in the water there until a storm rolled through and shut the park down. They made it back here in time for dinner. Mark grilled hamburgers and hotdogs at mom's we were joined by Anna's parents and brother, Taunya's dad, Joan, Sarah and Hannah. After supper the kids played in mom's basement where it was nice and cool while the adults visited. Who would have thought we would not have a campfire on Memorial Day!  Believe it or not it was EVEN TOO HOT for VOLLEYBALL! All the mares with foals were turned out into the pond pasture. That way when they wanted to cool down they could jump in the pond. Below Ayanna and Jewel are taking a turn cooling off.

I saw other mares taking turns but didn't have the camera with me. The Appaloosa mare here for breeding was hosed down along with the stallions. Sheena was covered by Valiant today and Rosaleigh was covered by Evan.  The heat didn't seem to bother the stallions.  I'm very thankful for that airconditioned barn. Mark had it set at 78 degrees, We have the 2 mares with new foals inside out of the heat and sunshine. Heat kills those new black babies.  

If you would like to see the rest of the pictures from today click HERE.