Luna and Comet - off to the races (well, off to the horse show)

Here they are - the terrible twosome - Luna and her mighty steed, Comet. He might be little, but don't you dare tell him that, he thinks he's as big as they come.

This last weekend we had our final horse show - I have a few more 3-Day events planned and perhaps an endurance race, but this was it for our final horse show of the year. (At least, this is what my husband thinks...)

My helpers include my 2 year and 4 year daughter, so with them tagging along, I managed to wash 3 horses, work on all the basics and showing classes again and tame the horse's manes (not an easy feat, as you all know) to get them ready to show. By the end of Saturday, that was it - I was exhausted.

I took our 3 year old Curly gelding - Khatmoondhu, our 2 year old gelding Timbuktu and my daughter's mini to Arabian Heritage Farms for their horse show - open to all breeds.
Our results? It was a dual judge show - so everyone received 2 placings depending on the judge's preferences -

Khatmoondhu - Halter Geldings class, 1st and 2nd place

(He is awesome at halter!)

Trail in Hand Class, 3rd and 5th place

Timbuktu - Jumper in Hand Class, 1st and 1st place

Hunter in Hand Class, 1st and 1st place

Trail in Hand Class, 4th and 5th place

Timbuktu jumping the pattern with my encouragement. He had never donet this before!

Khatmoondhu and I showing off our 1st and 2nd place ribbons.

My "helpers"and I, heading back to the barn to get ready for the next class.

And now for Luna's results. She received 1st and 2nd place in her halter class with Comet. Isn't he handsome! (All kids under 10 years of age must be accompanied in the showring by an adult.)

Luna getting ready for her riding class. She was in a full class competing in the 10 year old and under class and received 5th place! Way to go - she's just 4 years old. And some of her competition were 9 and 10 year olds!

Luna - "caught in the act". She wanted so badly to be a part of everything with her horse we would catch her standing up on the trailer wheel-well and undoing Comet's lead rope so she could "walk him around to see the other horses".

Luna with all her ribbons - she also received 5th place for her Trail in Hand class.

And younger sister, Bella, who wanted so badly to be part of the action. Here she is helping Luna display her ribbons. Next year Bella, I promise, you have to be 3 to start showing your own horse.

(I know, I know Bella's absolutely filthy. But good grief, it was a horse show and I had enough trouble keeping 3 horses and her older sister clean for 5 hours.) A dirty child is a happy child.

It was a great learning experience for all of us, horse and people, and we learned lots, gained experience and reaped some rewards. Good deal.

Hello from the Pacific Ocean!

The horses have been just loving the last two weeks. We have been on vacation! The kids have never seen the Pacific ocean and so my husband and I decided it was time to go. We loaded up the RV, sans horse trailer, and drove 8 hours for the coast. We stayed at Kalaloch in the National Park and had the time of our life.

Visited tide pools.....

Played in the rocks.....

It was cloudy and overcast most of the time - welcome to the coast - but we still were out on the beach every second of the day. It was a nice break for us and the kids loved it. When we returned home Luna wanted to know if where we were headed next.

Well, this next weekend we have a horse show, so stay posted for updates. Luna will ride in several classes and I will show my two colts.

The horses were safe, fat and happy when we returned. They're certainly not going to stay that way for long.