Beau going to train - May to Whitmores with Lynn and August

On weekend, Patti told me she was talking to Lynn about her horse, August. She said that she was going to try to wokr uut sojme training with Pete Whitmore Its a Pleasure Training.

At first I have been thinking that I would go to Orange, to thier farm for several weeks. I have been thinking about it since talking to Pete at Equine Affaire Nov 10th.

Little Willy - August's colt 6 or so years ago

I was trying to imagine how it would be that Beau would be picked up on the weekend by Pete's father, loaded on the trailer out to the barn in Orange. I guess I would follow behind, pay the 1800 for the week. 
Lynn has sent her horses to Pete 6 years ago, he trained August some and then had the little colt from August. She said that the little one was with Pete for 2 years and then he helped her sell him. She was very happy with all of the work with her horses.

She said that she was intersted and that she would contact Jess Whitmore to see if we could get into the schedule. We were thinking March/April 2024. I said I agreed too, that that Beau would be really helped by going with August, she is the next door, in her stall next to Beau. I give her tons of snacks, so she knows me.

Well Lynn has a trailer and would drive us out.

Lynn texted me today, she contacted Jess and looked into the schedule.  Jess said that there would be openings in May. Lynn said that she is going to work it out that we go a few weeks in a row, Drive out to Orange take 2 hour lesssions and turn around home.   

Thanksgiving weekend 2 days

Shorter visit, time for blankets

Equine Affaire 2023, Valerie was great

 Great year with Valerie, hard to believe she is so young but strives to walk all the time.

Val walked 5.6 miles on Friday and 1.5 miles to the Dr Sueess museum on Saturday then slept the whole way home, plus had skating on Sat later in the day.

Visit sore front foot/crack'd too Sunday, 4 November

 I had a not as productive day when Patti was ill, she did not come into the barn and I had thought I would work with my horse successfully. 

Well it didnt really work, When I got him into the arena, he really seemed off, I had ended up stopping because I could tell he was just irrated, possibly in some sort of pain tellng me know by acting up.

I looked at his hoof, its cracked, I thought that his feet may be painful, its funny because I actually intend to ride many times when I go over but then I assess him, his attitudes, his interactions, time left of day, weather (if its changed or became colder etc) they act up, then there is this thing, they act out.

Well looking at this foot, I saw that his hoof was cracked, the previous owner said, "His feet have always been a problem". Well I called Dave well I texted him and he came over last week, trimmed and found that he had a rock in his foot, I am disappointed that I cant get him to feel like working out with me, except in our ground work.

Ill keep doing that and who knows we can get there together. <3

Took Sienna in too