This horse, y’all. He is in So. Much. Trouble.
First of all, I swear he smiled awfully damn smugly when Hurricane Harvey turned toward Houston. It cancelled our grand plan of Henry going down and spending a week with Trainer while I was in Europe… something that would have been really helpful for everyone. But no, instead he spent several days before I left, and the entire time I was gone, standing in his stall getting fatter. Two weeks off total. Well played, Henry. I don’t know how you conjured a hurricane, but it sure did have your signature.
Then I got home from Europe, hacked him once, and showed up the next day to find his big ol’ “I ATE A BEE” elephantitis head. Again, he seemed awfully damn smug as I put all my tack away and wrote a check to the vet instead. Three more days off.
On Monday the swelling was finally pretty much gone, so I tossed all my jump tack on and went out in the field. A 20 minute hack went off without a hitch, so I popped him over a few little jumps. A grand total of 5 fences in and he tripped and came up missing a shoe. And of course, farrier couldn’t make it out until sometime today, and let me tell you who cannot be ridden without a shoe because omg his footie. Two more days off.
I can’t even make this shit up. WTF horse.
This would be much less annoying if we didn’t have a show this weekend. Our first recognized in over a year, and our first recognized Training. Henry appears to be doing his best to get to the show without having been properly ridden in 3 weeks. The good news is that I’ve given up in advance on actually doing well, and now the focus has shifted to just finishing in one piece. Nice dressage? HA. Clear stadium? LOL. Let’s just focus on not dying, how bout that?
Trainer is bringing a rosary and some holy water, so maybe it’ll be fine?
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Oh, Henry. Such a schemer lol. At least he’s an xc machine…? lol That is if he doesn’t kill you in dressage or stadium…..
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*snorts*
Henny, the evil mastermind…
I am sure your show will go well.
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one special pony you got there yeah. this could be fun. Wish i was there to see it in person:)
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omg but i know that feel. blurgh. c’mon Henny, pull yo’ shit together, son!
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Sounds about right. Horses are always the nicest before shows–throwing shoes and coming in with random swellings. They know.
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Oh, Henry!
Would you feel less stressed if you dropped back to Novice for this one and moved up at the next? (Henny can’t jump the fun jumps if he doesn’t let you practice…)
Best of luck to you both!
Betsy in WI
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Not really, he’s actually easier to ride at T than he is an N… egotistical little shit!
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Whatever lady, you’ve got it in the bag. I mean, the holy water and rosary should be in the bag too, but seriously, not an ounce of worry from me.
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Only Henry… B and I will be praying 😂
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Trainer should bring beer and brats. Just enjoy. Hot mess express doesn’t have a stop scheduled.
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He’s just got his panties in a twist because you were out oogling other handsome fellas. Just whisper some sweet nothings in his ear and all will (should) be well!
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I’m told it’s tacky to leave a link back to one’s own blog, but I wanted to say that I feel your pain. “None of this has been serious. All of it has kept Rodney out of work. Do they plan it this way?” https://rodneyssaga.com/2017/09/11/new-equipment-rodney-tests-the-vest/ Good luck at the event!
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Oh Henry. He’s the one paying the biggest price when he gets out there and wonders why he’s out of breath so quickly. 😉
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Meh, not at Training. Pretty sure he could sit in a stall for 6 months and still be fine running training. He always LOOKS fat but I swear he’s a thoroughbred under there! 😉
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So much LOLing. I have also decided to Rio purposefully hurts himself every time I start mentioning going to a rated show!
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Lollllll Y Henny Y???
Now he will go lay the gauntlet and be a total superstar to prove to us all that we need not stress abot preparation ever. Lolll
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You know he’s going to give such mare glare when he still ends up at the show.
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how would that be different from any other day?
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Oh, Henny!
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Exciting! We can cheer you and Henry/track your progress via liveeventscoring.com. Go A&H!
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I think he went to the same school as Rio as a child. Long ago and far away when he was a show horse, he would try everything to get out of work. I wish I could tell you they outgrow it. They do not.
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OMG Henry. Let’s not kill your mother!
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