This message is from: "Dave and Patti Walter" <[email protected]>
Just have to brag, last weekend was Horse A Rama, horse fair here in Manitowoc WI. I took 2 Fjords in and we had a total of 6 in our demo. Ali Austin-Peterson rode her gelding Arne, Karin Peterson rode her mare Emmie, Wendy SORRY forgot her last name, friend of Karen and Ali, last minute fill in. She rode Farley, Karin's gelding. Kathy Blaszczyk(we call her Kathy B, buy a vowel K) rode her gelding Olaf, Judy Gump rode My Gelding Voss, and I rode Giz, a horse in training here, a gelding. We called ourselves the Go-Go's (Girls only , Geldings only) I considered Karin's mare a "girl". Just NO MEN OR NO STUD. WE HAD A BLAST. We performed in a drill team pattern to the music of the Go-Go's, Go Fish and Newsboys. Only minor screw ups and considering the FIRST TIME ALL SIX ON HORSE BACK practiced it was THAT MORNING. We did REALLY WELL!! We had two LAST minute horse/rider cancellations, so it was amazing we pulled it off as good as we did. I'm bragging 2 fold. First, FJORDS ARE AWESOME. They were soo well behaved, we had TIGHT Moves and you would have sworn they all were pastured together and knew each other. None were sassy or naughty, we had a FULL house, they did "look" at the audience but none spooked or did anything silly. They all looked like they did this ALL the time. Second, it's just sooo nice to have a GREAT group of riders. Everyone in our group was just FUN, NICE, COOPERATIVE, WILLING and put up with me telling them what to do all weekend. :-) I wanted a whistle, but they drew the line at that. :-) So....now that is done, I have to figure out our pattern for Madison. Opps, sorry Nancy, Dawn, Pat......... ya I don't have it done yet! Patti Jo Walter Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
