I was riding my jaspar around the campground at the field trial and the woman actually prominent in hosting the event commented on his beautiful mane etc., asked me where I got him and I said "he's my old Jaspar, you know him, my good old trail horse." and she said "oh yeah, out of Gallant Boy, he is pacey isn't he the one?" I said yep and smiled and she said "If he's pacey you oughta get rid of him and get you a good gaited horse" and she smiled but I could tell she was only half teasing and I smiled back and said "I would get rid of donny or my right arm way before I'd get rid of this horse. " Then later on the ride she saw me on stonewall. She said "now you got you a GAITED horse". Then later when he squirreled on me she was one of the ones that he crashed into. I smiled at her real sweet and said "now you see why I like my ol pacey jaspar?" and she kinda grinned in irony. Of course her horse now, he was the most drop dead gorgeous fine gaited eye candy there... and he was aced. Stonewall wasn't. I can be proud of that if nothing else! Janice
-- yipie tie yie yo
