Musings from the West Coast

[dublin]

Bringing the Portola Valley Classic up again. I will definitely be attending the Grand Prix, and possibly some of the hunter classes as well, with my green and tan COTH cap firmly implanted on my head!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Any chance any COTH bb'ers might be able to attend?? I think it would be a fun get together - and last year COTH personnel were in attendence, covering the show....

Also, is anyone else still thinking of going to the Pebble Beach shows? I think I recall from previous posts that Merry is out??

www.portolavalleyclassic.com (http://www.portolavalleyclassic.com)

www.ridepebblebeach.com (http://www.ridepebblebeach.com)
(Their actual show website isn't up yet, but this contains a schedule of classes viewable through Adobe Acrobat)

[dublin]

Bringing the Portola Valley Classic up again. I will definitely be attending the Grand Prix, and possibly some of the hunter classes as well, with my green and tan COTH cap firmly implanted on my head!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Any chance any COTH bb'ers might be able to attend?? I think it would be a fun get together - and last year COTH personnel were in attendence, covering the show....

Also, is anyone else still thinking of going to the Pebble Beach shows? I think I recall from previous posts that Merry is out??

www.portolavalleyclassic.com (http://www.portolavalleyclassic.com)

www.ridepebblebeach.com (http://www.ridepebblebeach.com)
(Their actual show website isn't up yet, but this contains a schedule of classes viewable through Adobe Acrobat)

[Pocket Pony]

I might be at the PVClassic (to spectate) - I'm going to Hawaii for vacation somewhere around that time so I don't think I'll see the Grand Prix.

I will also be going to the Pebble Beach Summer Classic - I'll be showing week 1...

And OF COURSE I'll have my COTH hat on! I'm going to try to get it embroidered when I go to Brookside in a couple of weeks.

What about Menlo? I won't be showing, but I'll be there to watch for sure!

"Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey! Hey Mickey!"

[AMom]

I may go to Pebble this weekend to watch, but am not sure yet. (Birthday Sunday too! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif )

Portola Classic for sure! Not riding this year, so I should be able to come over to the jumper ring to watch with you Dublin! I don't have a COTH cap, but I have a West Coast Active Riders I might wear or a big straw hat I bought down in Indio... Just a few weeks away. /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[dublin]

That would be great, CWP. Can't wait! And I should be at the Menlo show, Splendid - I had forgotten that one....

[AMom]

Unfortunately, Menlo--my FAVORITE show to spectate--always falls during our annual trip to Wawona in Yosemite. When I was a junior I used to skip the trip to show, but now I can't really justify it to the husband and friends since I won't be riding /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Coreene]

CWP, I bet we could come up with a list of wonderful ways to justify it!

When half of California goes to Menlo, the other half goes to Huntington Beach. So I shall take that week off work and do the HB thing (talk about a nice cheapie vacation!).

[hoopoe]

My co-worker Susan Bernard, is showing Pebble Beach in the AA Jumpers with her horses Spotless and Ultima. I get to sit here and Think of ways to make her life miserable when she gets back. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bumpkin]

I saw the Brawley Farm Prize Lists sitting on the table at our stable when I went up to the PNW Horse Show in Monroe today.

I doubt Elliot will enter, but perhaps Mallory and I will venture down for a few days.
DD you should come meet us there!
This show is lots of fun, and limits the number of entries I have heard. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

I had a good time today. Because....

Dr Hansen gave Poncho a clean bill of health!!!
No riding for a week until the farrier fills in the unusually large hole from the largest abcess either the Vet or Farrier have ever seen and puts a shoe on that will hold the foot together.

Otherwise he is sound!!!

I sat in the sun today and chatted with horse people I have not seen since the late 70's!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
I was so happy to have some remember who I was just walking by and saying my name in hello!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[AAJumper]

CWP, I bought a straw hat in Indio too!!! There is one place that has a great selection there. Mine has a leopard print scarf around it...I love it! I have a COTH hat too, so I'll probably trade off at shows.

Unfortunately, I will not be venturing up north for any shows, but I'll be at Blenheim in July! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bumpkin]

You should have gotten your photo in front of the stalls you posted photos of!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
My mother use to have a straw hat with the leopard scarf on it, (1960's), hmmmm, I wonder if it is good as new and stashed in the back of a closet? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[dublin]

So nice to hear that Poncho is finally sound. He has had such a rough winter and spring injury-wise! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

How was the Monroe show? Who all did you see from our era? Were SK and the 'consultant' in attendance?? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Wish I could go to the Brawley show with you - when and where is it?

Some cool news - CWP is having a baby and is of course very excited!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif We are going to have fun catching up on what's going on, at Portola Valley!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[This message was edited by dublin on May. 18, 2001 at 10:47 PM.]

[AAJumper]

Bumpkin, am I retro then??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I really need to take pics at the shows of everyone hanging out, etc. I always bring my camera, but it ends up buried in my trunk. I am always too busy running around carrying a brush box from ring to ring, and helping set jumps. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bumpkin]

I can understand the not taking photos, I am just as bad, although I am not really running around helping out.
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But we must see a photo of you in the hat /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Coreene]

Delighted to hear he's going to be okay. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

AA, we'll be spectating at Bleiheim and definitely going to watch the CSI (but no $5000 table, thanks very much), so we must arrange to meet up there.

[AAJumper]

We'll absolutely have to meet at Blenheim, Coreene! I think Suave mentioned that she would be at Blenheim for those shows too...are you still planning on that Suave? Speaking of Suave, she looks quite suave in her straw hat at Indio (pic is posted on the Horse-less Pics thread)!

Oh, but of course, my plans for the shows could change, based on the fact that the 2 juniors I ride with may not get to show this summer, leaving only a few of us now who actually can and want to show. /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif I am SO annoyed that they are given wonderful horses and wonderful opportunities, and can't seem to find their way to school. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif And they only have to go part of the day because they get out around 1pm or so...they get school credit for riding!!!!!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[SuaveReno]

Hey everyone: I wish I could go up north to show but I might be a spectator instead. How about a Calique table /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Thank-you for the compliment AAJumper. I am still planning on the 2 weeks in July being at Blenheim. I'll be wearing my COTH Cap this time /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Will anyone be going to Showpark at the end of the month? I am debating whther or not I want to go. We have similar issues in that everyone says they are going...then only a few really end up going /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

AAJumper: how's the job situation?? I am still waiting to hear on my last client interview. I think things went well /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif But you never really know /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[AAJumper]

I'll wear my COTH hat to Blenheim too! As for other shows, I'm going to LAEC next week, then the Gold Coast at LAEC in June, then Blenheim. No Showpark for me. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif I wanted to go to Showpark at the end of April, but no one else wanted to go.

As for the job, things have turned around 180 degrees. The owner's son is back, all the annoying and incompetent people are gone, and we have a new Director of Engineering whose dad happens to be friends with my husband's dad. They are both retired LA County firemen, and both were battalion chiefs in the Malibu area during their careers. How is that for a small world??? As for the other potential job, they came back with an extra $1000/year, and I basically said (nicely) thanks but no thanks.

[Bumpkin]

Well today was the first time I have seen A circuit flat classes since 1977!
OMG I completely picked them wrong.
The judge was sitting on the outside of the long side of the ring and everything I read about in the Victor Hugo Vidal article was TRUE!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

I know, I am no judge, but how could he/she miss a horse that went around flinging a front leg out to the side so far I would think the rider would have to keep the horse atleast 6 feet from the rail so he wouldn't bash his hoof against it?
And no hind end movement, just lots of front end.

Horses who did bend around the corners and used the whole ring were completely overlooked in favour of the smaller circlers and bad front movement....ugh I was appalled.

hmmmm maybe Elliot who loves to cut corners and has a slight dish out on his right fore has a great career in the flat classes, hehe



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[This message was edited by Bumpkin on May. 19, 2001 at 11:31 PM.]

[Lisi]

bumpkin i am so sorry i have a brawley prize list i got specially for you and it has your address on it but i have no stamps. i will try and mail it to you tomorrow. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[Bumpkin]

Oh thank you lisi!!
I don' t think Brawley's are at PNW this weekend.
I saw OZ, but I seemed to have missed some of the stables, when I did the mandatory walk through with Mallory and a friend of hers.
I was anxious to get to the rings and watch the classes instead of seeing the stables decorations.

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[Bumpkin]

You need to sit down and type out a screenplay like Best In Show but a spoof on Horse Shows.
Chevy Chase may be a good thought for the owner who is duped or even the trainer.
What do you think??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Bumpkin]

Don't forget to give us full reports of your weekends, Merry, Beezer, Coreene, Taryn!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Katey]

(as Merry and Beezer's rarely posting, often lurking cousin) I'm about to spill the beans on their show. They've been home since Sat. and have yet to recall ANY of their adventure here! I will however keep quiet for a bit longer to give one of them time to compose themselves and post. /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Bumpkin]

Saturday?
Wasn't the show all weekend?
Hope all is well.
Did you get to show also? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Coreene]

Well, actually I did. I took him up on Saturday afternoon to see the flags and tents and "stuff" flapping in the breeze, and it was everything I could do to keep him from bolting down the hill. He was higher than a kite, and we wound up running around one of the arenas at top speed until I was exhausted and almost slid off.

Then he said "If I go to the gymkhana, I might have to stand up on my back legs," at which point I decided that it was not worth splintered limbs.

But the best part was that SuaveReno and Little Suave Cosmo came over to visit and watch! Now we just have to hope that one day SR and LSC will want to move to HB.

[This message was edited by coreene on May. 21, 2001 at 01:27 PM.]

[wtywmn4]

Katey, you are going to have to spill the beans and fess up!! They haven't even set foot over here. Hopefully they aren't trying to track us down. We have been spread out abit, ahem.

Oh dublin, are you doing both of the Pebbles? Anyone headed for the second Pebble this summer? /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

coreene, poor Wilem, it must have been just lovely. Thankfully you are both in one piece. At least you got to meet Suave and Lil Suave. Now, come to Pebble this summer. Wilem can go to the beach for a trail ride.

[Bumpkin]

" I am going to have to stand on my hind legs!!!" LOL /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Sounds like Elliot when he says, "ok but if you ask for that lead change I am going to have to stand on my head first!!" haha

[Coreene]

Poor Willem would faint. He is going to be Willem On Acid pretty soon. Well, he's going to start taking Calm or Calm Up, or whatever it's called, that amino acid that seems to make them a bit more normal (yeah, like the Plumester could ever be normal). There's a real name for it, starts with a T, but I can't remember.

It was MOST alarming re wanting to stand on his hind legs, because he never does. He usually does Elliot's move and wants to stand on his head instead.

I am now sporting a big hole in the back of my leg, right where the knee fold starts, from gripping the dressage saddle (while in a two point) with my knees for dear life while in jeans. Rubbed a nice big hole, and next to it I sport a nice blood blister. But, as my dear friend Jenny Jo said, "Check him out, he is SMILING while he does this!" as we ran around the arena at top speed, so I guess it is worth it. Anything for Willem. I really need to do this in my hunter saddle though ... in breeches.

[Coreene]

The best part of all was that a big group of kids who ride with "Horses in the Hood" up in Compton came down for the gymkhana (they came to one in February, too). Absolutely cleaned up. Completely fearless, wonderful young horsemen and women, and ride better than most at our barn.

Big contrast to watching one of the spoiled monsters lose her composure because, at the end of doing a small course in a lesson, she couldn't get a lead change. Upon which, of course, it was pointed out to her that she should have landed on the correct lead anyhow (definitely a child who needs to find a different hobby - she will otherwise always blame the horse for everything).

[Bumpkin]

Oh ouch!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif
I had a set of those when I first started galloping on the downs in England.
I would have to sit in the tub everyday with breeches on to get them unstuck from my breeches, then dry the soggy breeches in front of the fire during my break in time for evening stable!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Furison ointment was the only thing to heal them, after suffering for three months.
I feel for you and know exactly what you are going through, I would definately bypass the nylons for awhile dear!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Coreene]

That's why I'm doing the bare-legged curb chain dance today... /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Katey]

Bumpkin... yes the show was all weekend and no, no one was hurt (that was my first thought too). Unfortunately I didn't get to show as I'm about 3 months into a 9 month lay up! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I'm still trying to give them time to post as I wasn't there and the story would then be told third hand. To sum it up they did not have a good horse weekend and I've heard mutterings of the pinto making a nice broodmare for someone...

[Bumpkin]

Ohoh!!!
Well we have heard the broodmare destination recently, guess it is before the end of the show season.
We will await the official story.....

On a nicer note hope all is going well with your layup /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[wtywmn4]

Uh oh is right. Let's hope it isn't completely a wash... Poor Pinto WB /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif She is quite cute from her pics. Well, Katey herd them towards the clique if you can.

So coreene, with those lovely leg markings, have you tried to shower yet? Ah yes, grasping anything to keep from screaming at the top of your lungs when the water hits.. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif A little aloe does relieve the burning...

[Coreene]

Showers hurt. Took a piece of my aloe plant from the barn home with me and it does make a world of difference.

Now this bad pinto mare - this is Beezer's mare, right? Ugh, this does not sound at all warm and fuzzy. Hope she wasn't too much of a bad horse.

[Bumpkin]

This is the show that she made Beezer a lawn dart a year or two ago isn't it?
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But Katey said no injuries. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[dublin]

Maybe I will make it down to one of the PBs to spectate....any chance you can make it down to the Portola Valley show for the GP? It would be fun to meet you, if we could drag you out of the lovely wine country!! You are so lucky to live up there... /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

coreene: Did Willem's pal Dave aka Mini me do the gymkhana thing? How cool that the 'kids in the hood' came and conquered....I have a lot of admiration for Kathy Kusner for starting up that organization... plus for her riding... plus for all the interesting non-horse related things she has done with her life as well!!

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

[Taryn]

Dave chickened out as well. I had a migrane on Saturday, so I didn't ride. He would have freaked anyway. Maybe next year.

We're shooting for the dressage schooling show in June. Yehaw!!!

Corrine-that other dressage trainer (Collene?) saw the cow-poke turned out yesterday, and she also said he should be a dressage pony. Whatever.

[Coreene]

Yep. You know, when you buy a ready-made GP horse you have the potential for knowing everything (okay, that was not a flame for people who buy made GP horses - even Mr Plume was, but who knew because I bought him for $2500 from a gal who bought him from the killers).

TARYN, you could have your 6' trainer ride your 3' horse and she could start a new class - Hack and Harrow.

[SuaveReno]

Thanks Coreene for your hospitality again. Little Suave really ejoyed the mini and the Palomino. Willum looked very cool as always. I can definitely see why he's take a pass on the gymkanna. There was quite a breeze there. What we really enjoyed seeing was the Horses in the Hood group. They were just terrific and i had a chance to talk to their trainer as well. What a neat program /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[TuxWink]

Is it just me or is the suspense killing everyone else?

Just where are Merry & Beezer? Are they delivering Spot to some far off breeding grounds?

Anyone else venture a guess?

[Merry]

Okay, the show. Yes, we came home early because Hammie was just terribly upset at being in a strange stall. It never occurred to me that he would be bothered by that, since he's so good at shows.

He schooled great on Friday. You must understand the frenzy of warm-up day: you have about a dozen people of various riding skills at a time jumping their own "course" with little or no regard to anyone else. So I had this rearing horse literally walking around on its hind legs behind me as Hammie and I cantered a line. Then another girl's path was intersecting with mine, but then, alas, her horse hung a leg and flipped over the oxer and she and the horse cartwheeled to the ground. Oh, and a huge warmblood beast didn't stop after a line and burst through the hedge and up onto the berm. Yet Hammie was fine!

But back in the stall he was just really upset. Beezer and I made two trips during the night to check on him. He just hated the stall. So I showed him in his 2 baby green classes in the morning (got prizes and I was the only amateur and HE GOT ALL HIS CHANGES) but I decided to take him home. I gave Beezer the option of staying or me coming back the next day, but Spot didn't seem to enjoy Hammie leaving without him, ahem, so we decided to just bag the show and come home.

So, guess where I'm going on Friday? Hammie and I are going to Showpark, schooling, and then hanging out in a stall for the day. Then I'll bring him home and probably go back to show on Sunday, and stick him back in the stall for a few more hours. I shall conquer his insecurities!

Yes, I'm probably going to sell Spot as a rideable broodmare prospect because I can see that Beezer would more enjoy riding Tigger. Let's face it, when you reach 40 careening around a jumper class starts to lose its appeal, especially on a rambunctious mare.

I don't want to put up with the hassle of trainers coming out and thinking they can "tune her up" to be the next pinto superhorse. I'd rather sell her inexpensively to someone who wants to breed colored sport horses.

Anyway, thanks for thinking of us. Actually, we've had quite a few laughs about the weekend from hell. Boy, when I finally win that amateur hunter championship on the Hambola, I'll be overjoyed! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[wtywmn4]

Oh dublin, can't make the Portola show. But will be at the second PB for the entire week!! It would be sooooo fun to meet you!! Can you make it at all? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[wtywmn4]

Merry, when you win that Amateur Championship, and you will, the clique will throw the biggest party ever seen!!!!

We're just happy everyone is in one piece. Trainers tuning and can sometimes make things worse. And thats not a slight on them at all. Horses are like people they are what they are. We can improve slightly, but sometimes, that's it. Like you said careening around a jumper course, is not fun! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Bumpkin]

Merry you know there is a website for those WAP Appys!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Beezer]

You know, I should've known the show would not go well, given that Merry set the new combination lock on the tackbox to 666, my show number was very close to 911 AND our motel room was 413. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Not to mention the crazed guy that cut me off on one of our visits to Hammie, almost ramming the new vehicle, forcing me to slam on the brakes and swerve into oncoming traffic, and nearly sending Merry through the passenger-side windshield.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Coreene]

Just so we get first dibs on Arthur...

[Katey]

Arthur???

[Coreene]

Bubba.

[wtywmn4]

Bubba? Please, do tell.....

[Beezer]

Bubba. Bubbie. Arthur. Dumb Bunny. AKA (as if his OTHER names weren't enough) the pet/lawn ornament wannabe. He's the big Pooh-bear brother of Spot the Wonder Beast (though her exact opposite). We wanted him to be a hunter. He wants to be a dressage horse. He's coming back from a bow, done when he took a bad step and tripped.

He's just a big, silly boy who really, really wants to be a pet. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Coreene]

And that's why Coreene wants first look when Bubba begins the process of moving to a new home. You know how soppy I get about these big toe-pointing bubbas.

[Bumpkin]

Coreene, perhaps you should make an appt to see "Arthur" /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
Eleven more days until Dublin comes up to play /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Katey]

That's who I thought you were talking about. I was confused because in the event of Merry and Beezer's untimely departure I would put dibs on others first (like Hammie, Barbie, April, Tigger...)

Although I can see it now... "And the 2002 winner of the Orange County Gymkana Circut in the 17h. and over division is..... Arthur!"

[Merry]

Honest, I did try to pawn Arthur off on our farrier as a roping horse. I have indeed ridden him-- the horse, not the farrier... although... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif in a western saddle and he's huge but cute.

The response from the farrier? "Yeah, right, I can see it now, me yelling out to the cow, 'just wait up there, I'm comin' after you...any day now.' I don't think so."

Bubba's biggest draw back is that he's kind of faint hearted and a chicken. Lots of snorting but not really going anywhere or doing anything. When he plays under saddle, you feel like you're on a big marshmallow. He's not for a novice, but he is harmless.

Anyway, I appreciate everyone's kind sentiments regarding our illustrious horse show trip! I swear, Beezer and I are blessed with a sense of humor. Not only were we numerically cursed, but when we arrived at our stalls, Beezer opens the door to hers and what's inside?
A discombobulated show awning!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_redface.gif
Remember our old story about the fiasco setting of up the awning? Where it took about three hours, six people and various sharp implements and the horse show was over and we STILL didn't have the awning up? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

We should've known that fate was against us! Oh well, let's see how Hammie does at Showpark this Friday. I've already paid for a stall. The ones there are actually permanent barns, not the flimsy things at Ride America.

[AAJumper]

ROTFLMAO Merry!!! The curse of the awnings! Our nightmare awning ended up with one post tossed in the lake by my frustrated husband, the rest went in the nearest dumpster!!!

[wtywmn4]

Hey, I want dibs on Tigger....He's oh so cute, and with all that chrome, I love chestnuts with flash.

Bubba sounds like the perfect Hubby horse. If he goes no where, and just makes noise, would he be good on trails?

The awning incident, Merry you and Beezer are blessed with a wildly good sense of humor!! Guess we all have to be. We keep getting out there so our precious darlings can make fools out of us on a weekly if not daily basis. Would any of us have differently? NAH!!:D

Curbs will be a jingling Merry.....

[wtywmn4]

Hey, I want dibs on Tigger....He's oh so cute, and with all that chrome, I love chestnuts with flash.

Bubba sounds like the perfect Hubby horse. If he goes no where, and just makes noise, would he be good on trails?

The awning incident, Merry you and Beezer are blessed with a wildly good sense of humor!! Guess we all have to be. We keep getting out there so our precious darlings can make fools out of us on a weekly if not daily basis. Would any of us have it differently? NAH!!:D

Curbs will be a jingling Merry.....

[Bumpkin]

Speaking of Tigger....what did they do to his hooves in the HI article???
/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif hahaha

[Merry]

Bumpkin: His hooves were oiled for the 'after' shot, but he was standing in grass next to Queen of Horse Show Mom's rose garden, so the photo shop folks had to embellish them.

Ooops. Don't want to incur the wrath of the BB Moderator gods (goddesses) by launching off into another topic on the same thread. I promise, I shall bring up the adventures of the Hambolina on a separate thread after this weekend. Please, oh please, make him be good in a stall! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[Beezer]

You know, Katey ... the cute chestnut wonder horse should be the FIRST NAME on that wish list of yours ... because I am already seeing him standing saddled outside the arena, looking at the courses you do, and saying, "I can do this! Rider needed! Anyone, anyone at all want to ride this cute chestnut horse in this class??"

And thank you, Wty, for your kind dibs on the Tiggs. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif He is a very good boy. Even if, at the moment, he's having a little trouble picking up his right lead. He says he can't understand what Merry's problem is ... she asks him to canter, he does, but then she pulls him up and says no, asks again, he canters, she pulls him up.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif But he IS already doing itsy-bitsy cross rails with Merry on his back. And he lunged over everything in the ring the other day, even though he hadn't ever done that before and even though he hadn't been free-jumped since long before his hock injury. /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

Gee, can you tell I really like my kid? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Oh, a funny story about that farrier whom Merry and I have both lusted after ... whose name is Rocky too. As in, yes, he shares the same name as the crazed Labrador. Mr. Beezer is out of town, calls me at El Ranchito (because where else would I be?); we're conversing when I insert, "Rocky, stop that! No! ... Sorry, Rocky is licking my feet." Mr. Beezer, who is not ignorant of the farrier's appeal to the sisters, gives a rather startled squawk and an "EXCUUUUUSE ME?!??!?!" Even now, I'm still trying to explain that with a straight face. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[wtywmn4]

Ah Beezer, ain't life grand? Can see and hear it, "Rocky nooooooo. Down, be good." Mr Beezer must love hearing this.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Too funny....

Actually, I am lusting after Tiggs. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif I have a flaw, no not wty. I dearly love these flashy chestnuts. I drool, yes I will admit to this nasty habit, over them. So, lead change or not..... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif But yes, I can see why you love your guy!!

Uh oh, may be morphed out of here, if the BB gods take a dislike to our musings...But the thread says "Musings" and I'm sure it's here on the list.

[Coreene]

Wty, I only go for chestnuts. But something about a toe-pointing Pooh Bear lawn ornament - and then named Arthur to boot - is just SO enticing!

[dublin]

maybe I can make it down to the second PB show and get to meet you. I just accidentally stumbled on an embroidery store close by, so I should have my COTH cap done in time for the Portola Valley Show.

Still wondering how to get it done - I have room in the back with my short screen name, or on the left hand side. What do you all think????

I'm starting to get ready for our trip up to Oregon and Washington on Sunday, and my visit with bumpkin.... I can't wait!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Pocket Pony]

I'm going to get mine embroidered on the left hand side...I'm hoping there will be someone at Brookside to do it.

And you'll love your visit with Bumpkin - I had the chance to meet her in December. She is a very kind, sweet, fun lady who knows EVERYONE in town! She'll show you a great time, I'm sure! /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

"Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey! Hey Mickey!"

[Coreene]

I wanna meet Bumpkin. Please have a little drinkie in my absence!

[wtywmn4]

Hey dublin, that would be great if you can make it down. I will cross my fingers!!!! Hmm, how bout the side, that was what I was thinking. Then people don't have to wander around you trying to read your SN... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Splendid, there should be that great embroidary place at Brookside. They've been there the last couple of shows. They do good work, quickly. Hmmmm, possible clique business here........ /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

P.S. have a little drinkie pooh for all of us!!! Gee coreene, see we love those chestnuts....

[dublin]

You bet!! (And we also have some excellent microbreweries lined up for the rest of the trip....) /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Dumb question, but where is Brookside located (when they are not traveling at shows)? Wonder if they would be at the Portola Valley Show??

Are you showing at PB2, wty, or just going to spectate? Hopefully I can get down there for a day!

[Coreene]

/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif Wish we were closer.

[Bumpkin]

I will have to fit all the stables and tack shops into one day, what a whirlwind adventure. haha
Coreene fly up for the day!!!
Dublin can pick you up at SeaTac on her way to my house /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Coreene]

I wish, I wish. Maybe next time...

How is Poncho's hoof???????

[wtywmn4]

dublin, Brookside is actually a barn name. And is close to Rancho Murieta. Its where the horse show will be held. Used to be the old PCHA Center. Where young people, mainly girls, all went to earn a degree in Horse Mastership. I can't for the life of me, remember the name of the embroidary company that comes to those shows. /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Spectating at PB2, and vacationing.. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Taryn]

I think the Paradise people go to Golden State (that is the show we're discussing, right?), maybe Thread N Needle also. I think my old boss/trainer is going up there. I don't know, I'm totally clueless these days /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif .

[dublin]

This picture was taken after we participated in the Nike Animal Rescue Walkathon last week. Lucy, who we adopted from NARF as a puppy almost 7 years ago, is the good looking one in the middle!
Making this horse-related, note my COTH cap.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Merry]

Very nice photo, dublin!

Must point out that your dog looks amazingly similar in some respects to our Rocky. Does yours chase you with steak knives? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[SuaveReno]

Loved your COTH cap and your picture /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[dublin]

Thankfully, Merry, she hasn't learned to use steak knifes!! Yet, at least! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Here's another picture of her, doing what she enjoys the most - swimming in a friend's pool. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[MHM]

All together now...AAAWWWW!

[Bumpkin]

Lucy will love the large lake, water fault in front of the CC where we are going for lunch /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
hehe

[Coreene]

She's such a cutie. I wish I had a dog. We can't bring them to our barn, but I would just luuuuuuuuurve to have one again. My poor last dog, and this was ages ago, was a very good GP horse. Poor thing got dragged over endless courses on my parents' front yard.

[Bumpkin]

I had some of those great GP dogs too :-)
And cross country, fox hunters haha.
Getting those toilet paper then adhesive tape leg wraps to stay on or come off a Beagle was hard!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[dublin]

I forgot we had a jumping picture of her, coming off the bank, er, bed....

She loves to jump, and easily clears a nearly 3' hedge at the school across the street from our house, from a standstill!! Maybe I should enter her in some of the 2'6" and 2'9" divisions at Portola Valley?? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

If she did well, I could always put an ad in Typo Circuit....although her name would probably come out misspelled! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

[This message was edited by dublin on May. 25, 2001 at 02:15 PM.]

[wtywmn4]

Oh dublin those pictures are GRRRRREAT! She is adorable.. Love your new COTH hat! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Okay so now you just must come down to PB2, and bring Lucy.....

Rescues are the best!!

[Merry]

Yeah, I know, this should be the start of another thread, but it's rather anti-climatic. Just thought I'd let you fellow BB'ers know that I took the Hambone to Showpark to re-visit the stabling issue... and he was PERFECT! Aha, I may be onto something: don't take him with his Auntie Spot, the Wonder Mare!

He was so quiet (like his usual self) I thought he was sick... until he woke up and pitched a little in the schooling ring. But he got all his changes, jumped through several lines of wall oxers, and went into his stall like a trooper! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

His reward was that I'm not returning on Sunday to show. It's like he earned a merit badge. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Oh, and I ran into Nancy Reed, a San Diego trainer who is also a BB'er here. We rendezvoused at the alleged cook shack, as in, "Have you even ground up the beef for my hamburger yet, or should I come back tomorrow?" Anyway, Nancy goes, "Should I jingle my curb chain, Merry?" /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bumpkin]

Glad to hear Hammie was a good boy!!
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Oops I did it again, Glad to read Hammie was a good boy!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[weeble]

Dublin, Lucy's great and now we know you must come to PB2...they have a "Horse Show Dog Show"!
Categories for Best Trick, High Jump, Oldest Dog, Cutest Dog, Ugliest Dog, Best Costume, Most Obedient, Youngest Dog, and a High Point award.

Let's see...best trick is definitely Rocky and the steak knife, (and if they don't like it Rocky can just chase the judges with his "trick")

Any other candidates? /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[wtywmn4]

Those curbs a jingling sure seemed to help!! Congrats to Hamster!! What a good boy.. Now he can hang for the rest of the weekend! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Poor spotty, well on to something new...

Weeble, I had completely forgotten about the dog show. Okay dublin, there you go.. Lucy now has an excuse to come too..... /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Merry]

You know, that would be a fun class to have at horse shows: "Horse Show Dog Classes". Couldn't you just see rows of kennel crates stacked up behind the portable stabling?

Then, late at night, some devious Jack Russell would spring lose all the crate doors, and the dogs would be free, raising havoc on the showgrounds... holes dug in the turf course... the cook shack broken into... tires on the golf carts pee'd on... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[dublin]

We'll be taking off for Oregon and Washington (with Lucy of course) early Sunday morning. Seven days until my reunion with bumpkin... yay! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Here's wishing you all a great Memorial Day!!!

[wtywmn4]

Golf carts taken by marauding Horse Show Dogs. I can see the headlines now. Several crates were broken into late last night, with as many as 46 dogs loosened on the grounds. No one has been able to find the perpatraitor. The late night patrols had their hands full, racing after small bands of equine canines. The shifty little devils broke into both the cook shack and coffee kiosk. Owners awakened from their beds were quite shaken by all of this. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Bumpkin]

I have heard from Dublin, she has been happily frolicking on the Oregon beaches, enjoying herself and counting the days until we meet and spend all of Saturday doing HORSE STUFF!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Merry]

Ah, Oregon beaches: those are the ones where you can actually go IN the water, right? Unlike down here, where, due to pollution, you can only gaze wistfully at the water??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

And to think we used to ride our horses in the waves at Corona del Mar! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[Bumpkin]

riding the horses in the waves at Del Mar was a delight!!!
Can't you do that anymore?

[Chef Jade]

Yes - the ORegon beaches may be pollution free but the water is just slightly above freezing. I'll fight a little hepatitis over arctic waters any day. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

So do tell us about the HORSEY day...we all have to live vicariously when fellow BB'ers get to interact in person!

[dublin]

We are having a great time. The weather has been just beautiful, sunny and mid-70s and the water is surprisingly not particularly cold. Our room looks right out on Haystack Rock and Lucy has been in heaven with all the beach walks and swims in the ocean. Seeing the temperatures in the Bay Area being in the 90s makes us glad we are here right now!! Well, off to lunch at a cute brewput in Cannon Beach. See you Saturday bumpkin!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

[Beezer]

Leave it to a horse person to find Haystack Rock!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[wtywmn4]

Is that Lucy in the far left hand corner? She's flying and having a ball!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Merry]

Right now I need a dip in the ocean to wash away three tough rides today in the hot sun. Wasn't it humid, too? Not that I'm complaining... just a mere observation!

Has anyone else noticed how hard it is to go to the bathroom when you're wearing sweaty jeans and chaps on a hot day? Maybe Depends aren't such a bad idea in the summer! /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Beezer]

*Some* people take off their chaps before seeing to personal business....

Or were you just "pausing" in one of the stalls again?? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[AAJumper]

How in the world do you go to the bathroom with chaps on??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif That would be quite a challenge!!!!

BTW...I thought I should report that my show last week went quite well. I stayed in the schooling and pre-training jumpers and we finished up with a few VERY solid rounds by the end of the week. We even got a 6th and an 8th in the schoolings. Each day got better and better. Cypress is trusting me again not to pull pull pull and then throw her away at the last minute when I don't see a good distance. The next show will be the Gold Coast at LAEC where I will boil to death in the heat and smog, then (hopefully) to Blenheim in July. I think I'll stay at the low AA level for a few more shows until I feel really solid and confident, and can make decisions at every fence! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Merry]

And I shall be at either Coto or Rancho Riding Club on the Hambola, then Showpark at the end of the month. Any tips on motels/hotels in Del Mar other than the Hilton? I mean, I appreciate style, but do I really want to pay that much? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

As for removing the chaps: It's just too much work. They stick to my sweaty jeans, which are stuck to my thighs...

Regarding relieving oneself in a stall: Let's not bring up Queen of Horse Show Moms who, last weekend at Showpark, told me to "just pee in the trailer. The port-o-potties are way back by the barns." Then, after I quietly did so after loading Hammie in the trailer, she literally yells to me, as I demurely step out of the trailer, in the midst of all these other exhibitors who are hauling in or riding by on their horses, "Did you go ALREADY?" /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[rusty]

Dublin who ever said it was in the mid 90's in the bay area was halucinating because of the heat. It was 98 outside at 10:00 AM, it seemed like 110 in the barn. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Be very happy you are in the north west.

[wtywmn4]

Merry, you are truly our Queen!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Relieving one's self in either a stall or hauling equipment, is sooo how shall I say this, goash?? Or is it fete accomplie? /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Wty bows to her queen. Being able to ???? with chaps on, well only a queen could do this. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Chef Jade]

Merry - we may have been seperated at birth! (Or just both raised in a barn.) I, too complain at how difficult it is to use the facilities while wearing my chaps. And those "facilities" have been known to be my horse's stalls. To remove and then try to squeeze my thight back into my chaps (that I have has since I was 16, I might add

/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ) is really just a losing battle.

[Chef Jade]

Oh yeah, I am going to Gold Coast in a couple weeks as well. So A/A jumper, be sure to don your hat (although now I know what you look like.) Anyone else?

[Bumpkin]

I was thumbing through a magazine, and found an ad for......a gas powered Blender!!!
I thought it was some sort of Coleman lantern at first, but here it was for a mere 250$!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
What tack trunk should be without that?

[This message was edited by Bumpkin on Jun. 02, 2001 at 10:45 AM.]

[Bumpkin]

should be arriving in one hour!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
And it is of course RAINING!!!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

[AAJumper]

Chef, I'll be there with my hat on...you have one too, right?

[Duffy]

Yeehaw, Bumpkin!! Ya'll have a VONDERVAR time!! Of course, we'll expect a report and pictures from the visit, right Dublin? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Bumpkin]

hehe /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
As long as the photos are from the waist up!!!
I keep repeating that at all photo taking functions!! haha /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Merry]

Why would all the photos be from the waist up? Are your chaps stuck to you in a "compromising position"?

Why is everyone else going somewhere and having fun, and I'm just going back out to muck stalls and ride yet another green horse? /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[rusty]

Bumpkin email me the name of the Magazine that has the Blender. I might need it this summer since I have know idea what I will be living in yet. I can still have Margaritas though. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[wtywmn4]

Because Merry, it's your turn to work this weekend. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif You had fun last weekend, and the weekend before that, and yada yada yada....Next weekend, we all promise, you can have fun.

Oh Bumpkin, lots of pics! Have a margarita for the clique. This is great you are going to have so much fun!!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[vineyridge]

I am ashamed to say that in my many, many years of life and drinking socially, I HAVE NEVER HAD A Margarita.

I feel so lost and lonely.

[Merry]

Don't feel bad, Viney. I haven't had one since my days of working at Disneyland. Yup, I swore off alcohol and dating the guy who played Peter Pan all in one summer! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Guess you can imagine why the two are linked, eh? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Bumpkin]

wtywm....I cannot recall off the top of my head...I will try to recollect where I saw it....hmmm at the hairdressers I read the Martha Stewart with the quilts and chestnut horse on the cover, the Architectural Digest with the wooden Indian on the cover, the latest GQ, Vanity Fair with JLo and Readers Digest....one of those.
Sorry /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

I had great fun with Dublin and Mr Dublin today.
There was a big black cloud and thunderstorm approaching when we went to visit Elliot, and he did a fine display of handsprings and head stands, without me on him.
He was also very upset about Dublin's flash on her camera, and would not stand still for more than a moment.
Dublin will be home Tuesday, and post photographs /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[rusty]

Bumpkin thanks for the info on the blender, I think I will start with Martha or Arcitechtural digest. I can hardly wait to see the pictures of Elliot.

[Merry]

Meanwhile, though Bumpkin and dublin are having fun, Merry entertained herself by renting Deuce Bigalow and guess what!

Swarthy Arab Man was a co-star... as a male gigolo! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif No horse, no tattoos, no black robes... but he had "the hair" and the body!

My husband was so perplexed. He said, "Why did you rent that?"

"Oh, I think this Rob Schneider guy is funny."
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[Bumpkin]

Merry, I thought Mr Merry was still battling bug extinction in Honduras.

Opps sorry I thought it was Wty not Rusty looking for the blender, sorry!!
I just remembered another magazine that I looked through, TALK.
I will glance through some at the Safeway today. See if there is anything in there.


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[Merry]

Ah, the stories he told: the "police" are so scarce that landowners and business people hire vigilantes, complete with machetes and AK-47's to stand guard outside their establishments.

Mr. Merry was there with a National Geographic person as his guide, which was good. What's bad is that my refrigerator is currently stocked with tupperware containers of bizarro insects from the jungles, in various stages of rigormortis. /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Can you understand why he can never possibly give me a hassle about my involvement with the horses? /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[wtywmn4]

Yikes!!! We do tend to forget what other countries live with as normal... /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Hmmm, are we getting ready to cater a small Ca. Clique get together with the lovely aray of insect d'ors??? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Aha! Good thinking Merry, now where did you find this lovely speciman, Mr. Merry that is? /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Erin]

You guys are doing it again. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Break it up, move it along, nothing to see here, folks...

Time to start some new topics! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[wtywmn4]

Erin? Is that you dear? But the topic is musings?

[dublin]

Just back from Oregon and Washington, and of course, practically the first thing I did was get on the computer to check out what's been happening on the bb! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Looks like the CA clique has been behaving itself in my absence....

We had a wonderful day with bumpkin, and I will post pictures and more info once we get our photos developed. We also had a great time in Portland, my old stomping grounds; at Cannon Beach (for the second straight year, the weather was spectacular until the day we left!!); and up in Washington visiting Mr. Dublin's sister and family.

Mr. Dublin really did love spending time with bumpkin, her JRTs, Poncho and the wonderful Eliot, and didn't even mind being hauled through several tack shops, bless him.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

And needless to say, I had an absolute blast getting to spend a whole day with bumpkin!!! She lives in such a beautiful, horsey area, which was so much fun to see. And she is a terrific tour guide as well.

More on our visit soon! /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[This message was edited by dublin on Jun. 04, 2001 at 06:52 PM.]

[MHM]

Does anyone know when the movie Texas Rangers is coming out? I had my $8 poised and ready to buy a ticket even before I found out SAM was in it. Cute men on horses- what could be better?

[SuaveReno]

don't micro manage /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Erin]

Don't ignore me when I tell you guys to give up on the stream-of-consciousness epics, and maybe I won't have to. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Now do I have to lock this thread too, or can y'all take a hint?

Start new topics when you have something new to say. If it's not worth a new topic, it probably doesn't belong on the board anyway.

[Bumpkin]

Ok I will start the next Musings thread.
We can take turns /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[SuaveReno]

Hey Bumpkin how about a "Stream of Consciousness"
thread /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif