I just recently sold the last of my Belesemo mares to a woman who has been pining for a horse for 30+ yrs – hubby finally said yes! DH noticed that the sores were opening so I brought her back to camp and we took the 4 wheeler out to unmark trail. I finally got some house cleaning done and had to deal with 5 cooped up dogs who were mad that I wasn't letting them go play outside. Steinbach Volkskunst from Marienberg in Germany is manufacturer of the finest wooden works of art such as nutcrackers and traditional German incense smoker. After going to the wrong campsite (and receiving a very rude welcome from the rider there), vetting in our VERY out of shape horses, and surviving our first 12 mile novice ride (the longest I had ever ridden) I was HOOKED!

We ran most of the Mount Tom trail (not a real mountain, just lots of hills) and were both pretty tired by the time we got back to the car. I had thought about skipping this ride because DH didn't want to go and it is one of the farthest for us but I realized I could drive the little trailer to my friends and we could take her weekender.We didn't stay out for long because a friend warned us of a storm but it was nice to get a quick leg stretch in. It had been in the 60s for the people who rode Friday (Including C) so it was a shock for them to have snow the second day. I was a little worried about how Stitch would handle being left at the trailer alone but after a few screams for her buddies she was content to munch hay in the rain with her blanket on and watch everyone else have to go out! I did get on Daisy for the first time since last winter where she bucked me off and bruised/broke some ribs!

I joined all of the Facebook groups, sent in my checks for AERC (and the greenbean program), UMECRA, and MNDRA and bought more and more tack. We did one more intro ride where the vet told me Stitch was ready to keep going and I saw that as my sign to move her up to LD's. We also noticed how skinny he's gotten since the grass has disappeared and we've started feeding hay.They settled down after a few minutes of playing chase in the pasture and we went inside to eat some dinner and head to bed. Google “Arab cut saddles” and you will get more hits on western and endurance saddles than you can read in a day. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. We ended up heading out on our 2nd loop 15 minutes late because of a cell phone left at the trailer incident.