Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Barn News

Another lovely day at the barn. The campers are settling into lessons and the horses are taking care of business. A few notable moments- Chloe, Daniela, Emma G., Marissa, Laura, Carly, Gabby and Jayne all began canter work. The small arena campers reviewed their information from yesterday and will learn their two point position so they can begin trotting in a couple of days. The middle arena lessons focused on perfecting their position at the trot and in two point. The sounds of "heels down", "outside rein will straighten the horse's shoulder", "easy on Tulip's mouth", "thumbs up", "Hank loves pets!" rang out all morning while the Barn Rats kept the barn running by tacking up, cleaning the corral and doing barn chores.

Very exciting stuff!

Our first specialty groups met today. Ellie and the Saddle Club girls; Emma G., Ryleigh, Teal, Salome, and Grace, drew all over Phinney learning the parts of the horse. They finished with giving her a bath and making her pretty, white coat shine. Sarah took the mini drivers out for some ground driving lessons with Jiggy and Beauty. The campers who took part were Evie, Cassidy, Daniela, Chloe, Ellen, and Kyle.

Wow! It is already 10:00 pm and I still need to go close the alley gates, the barn door and check on the horses. Good night!

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