National Treasure: October 2008

So last weekend it was beautiful weather.... so mom and I decided to take advantage of it since it might be the last. Saturday we took the horses (both of them :) to an open show in Elkorn. We met up with some friends there from Whitewater and the show was a benifit for a friend of mines mom, Dan Grunwald he was also a trainer in the MWMC this past April he trained a little black mare named Trust. Anyways... ariving at the show around noon I was able to take Nash in a Sr. walk trot class (spur of the moment thinking). I was more nervous than he was like always. There were 16 other horses in the class so it was a full one. Nash did everything that I asked him to do, he went right into the arena, worked on the rail or off, moved around horses and let horses move around him with no attitude. When the class was being placed Dan had me step out of line and said a few nice words about the Mustang that I was riding and about the Challenge. So even though I didn't place with Nash, I promoted the Mustangs again to new people. :) I only entered into one class but for the rest of the day he tied to the trailer with Shone and stood like a rock. And I had to show off a bit with him by having him bow and lay down on comand!!!

Standing so well at the trailer

After a long Saturday of being proper and clean at the show mom and I met up with some friends at Horsemans Park in Palmyra. People can camp there with horses or just day ride like we did. It was a great day and we rode for 4 hours! Shone did great for mom and Nash of corse was great as well. He is ok with being in the front of the group leading the way, the middle or bringing up the rear. Jessie also came with Rem and we went for a little run it was great to stretch their legs and let them just go. When we were back to the trailer and unsaddled Jessie and I let our 2 boys roll in the deep sand they love that... then Nash and Shone got cooled off with a bath.