9am 70s, Kanti, Olivia Duke and Melissa

It was a great ride today I believe that the 2 hour rides was the best to ride. I would like to ride the 2 hour next week.  I should have today but I think that Duke needs a new shoe.  I hope I can ride him on the 2-hour soon. Sarah was training Stetson a horse that they have had for a year of so.  He is a Mustang and has a tattoo on his side. It makes me

Map of Kennedy Pond and the trails from Westford Conservation

Great 1-Hour Ride with Kanti Blue and Duke

So happy this weekend.  Got out and bought the carrots, Small ones in several bags this week.  It was cold when I woke up so I brought a coat.  The temp soon got to high 70s up to 80.  The 9am was with just us Kanti, Barb and new lady and Sheila.  I was happy to ride with the ladies.  There was a big 2-hour ride we were talking about riding in but Duke needs a shoe so we couldnt do it.  I saw them starting to ride and I got pretty excited seeing them canter ahead of us.  Duke was  agreat guy even though he was getting chomped by horseflies.  I spent time shoooing them off he head, ears and mane.  I was happy to be with my fav guy.  His back huff needs shoe so I think we need to wait til Bobby gets his shoes on.  We did a right on the hill during the trots.  It seemed that Sheila's horse was a little slow and Duke was pushing him on.  Blue was keeping up pretty good.  Kanti was happy to ride him but on the next ride she took she jumped on Bogie.  She was so happy.  I fed my buddies some carrots and left to get a yummy iced coffee.

It was a great Sunday morning!

Huge Sunday 9am Ride - Hershey

Jumped out of bed to make sure I was able to get in the 9am today. Kanti rode yesterday and she was riding today too.  The other's said they would ride today too.  When I got there they were tacking every horse.  Looks like Bob overbooked and they even sent some people home that had maybe had booked yesterday by accident.  I was thinking I shouldnt have gone on the 9am because it may have been too much.  Well even Sheila was on the ride.  There were lots of people.  5 people were going on a 2 hour with Sandy and Cathy.  I know Kanti wanted to split off with them,  I did too. But we stayed with the 1 hour ride, it was worth it. As we went down the muddy woods I could see the 2 hour with Cathy cantering on the straight away below us in the woods. Sheila was on Mariah and Mariah wanted to go on the fast ride too.  Amanda with us was on Blueberry in front of me.

The ride split up and Cassie was leading.  Hershey, was great on our first trot. It had been so long since  I had ridden with Hershey.  There was a lady in front of me on Oreo.  When she slowed down on the first trot in the sand, Amanda came up and made sure that the lady had a good ride.  Amanda behind me said I was riding good.  It was a nice ride.  Cassie made the last two trots especially around the lake very long.  There was a daughter and mother behind me that Kanti was talking with for the ride. They seemed to enjoy themselves and then went on the next ride.  I think that they may have been interested in a horse of their own.  It was a great ride.  Bob was with people talking. The huge ride was a really nice one. We had 4 trots and the group was a great one. It could have been one of the nicest days too. There were no bugs and when I got there it was even cooler than it has been in a couple months. I didnt see Tommy but maybe sometime soon he will come riding again or even buy a horse.

Smokey is still not feeling too good.  He was sold and the people trimmed his hoofs and it injured him. Also he may be feeling a little ill.  Hes getting better now too, Bob Said.

Great day, ended with a sweet tea, got gas, visited the Nagog Farm Stand got some Peaches, Tomatoes and sugar plums.  All before it got late.

Last week, got back to the farm, Blue, Amanda

This Sunday I was back from vacation and felt like I really needed a ride.  I got up early but did some homework and didnt get to the farm until just before 10am. Sheila said there were 4 other riders that were also late and that I didnt need to rush.

I saw Kanti on the way out in her car she was happy to see me.  She told me that Duke's foot hurts and that there were some horses quarantined.

It made me worry.  I drove into the ranch and saw Bob down by the old fenced in area that Gwendolyn used to be in .  Bob said that one of the boarder's new horses had some strange sickenss and gave it to the other horses.  I felt kinda bad for the sweet little horses.  Bob was loving them and it made me feel good.
So when the family got there I decided to wait 15 min until the next ride was scheduled.  It was interesting.  There was a little handicapped girl who was challenged and her dad was very sweet and an older man from was talking to Bob before the ride. He seemed very nice and they gave him Duke.  It turns out while we were riding I learned he was retired from Billerica House of Correction. I mentioned Steve's dad and he knew him.  It was interesting.

His name was Tommy and he was currently working at Ford in Lowell. He was going to buy and horse and come all the time.  It sounded so cool.  He told me so many stories about riding horses outside of Vegas at the Red Rock Canyon.  It sounds amazing I might try to do that trip.
Anywas it was a slow ride. Blue was terrible slow but I did get him to trot.  I didnt want to get in trouble making him trot to catch up so we had a nice ride where I was in the way back.  The man Tommy really liked telling me stories so it was a very pleasant ride.

I hope I see him soon.  I stayed a little after the ride and talked with him and then went home.  I had carrots for the guys ate some and gave the rest to Bobby.  I noticed that there were some of the minis missing.  It made me worried. Also there is fighting when I feed the donkeys. The little mini Honey is getting mean too.  Maybe Ill just feed Pedro and the older horse.
I finally sent the pic of me on Duke, Sandy on Smokey and Cathy on Tabo when we were about to trot, across the field.  It was amazing. Ill try and get some pictures up now that school is over.
I missed a write up before vacation. Im going to try ot remember how it went and write it up.
I think Im riding on Sunday morning with the girls, not sure.