Last night we had a big storm with lots of wind and rain. Every day after a big storm I have to go and check the place to make sure no trees have fallen on the fences or there is nothing that a horse can get hurt on. Today while I was out checking the farm I decided to take a few pictures and share them with everybody.
This is one of our back pastures.
We did have a tree down, but thankfully it was not close to anything.
Desi, a new horse that came for training last week coming to visit.
Overall everything was good, just had to close a gate. Hope everyone is making it through the storms. I will have a new post for ya tomorrow!
As most of you know I train horses and give riding lessons. Over the last weekend of May, the South Carolina High School Rodeo Association, held their state finals. My students did GREAT! I was so proud of the girls I work with and the horses I have trained. It was a weekend of triumph and tragedy. On Friday afternoon a Junior High girl's horse fell on her and she ended up dying Saturday morning. I did not know Lauren McKenzie Mathias so I do not feel I am a good person to comment on the tragedy, but I do know she will be missed greatly in the rodeo world. (For more information on this accident please go to http://www.cbhnews.com/)
But on a better note, there were great runs and lots of fun. Here are a few pictures I took over the course of the weekend. And I had to include the best pole run of the weekend made on a WWR trained horse.
The arena judge.
Two of my students.
Getting ready to rope.
Nannie Slamming/Goat Tying
The saddles that were given away to the Year End Winners!
I am from a tiny town in South Carolina. I have lived in South Dakota and Ohio, but South Carolina is home. South Carolina is a great place to call home. Within a few hours I can be at the beach, or a two hour drive in the other direction, and I'm in the mountains. The sites are a great part of what South Carolina has to offer.
On the other hand South Carolina also offers very little snow in the winter. Yay! This past winter we did get some snow, but it was gone in 4 days. Around here we consider cold in the 50s. On the other side of the spectrum, we have South Carolina summers. They are HOT and HUMID!!! Today is June 1 and I just took this picture on my back porch while I was outside watering flowers.
I'm not sure where you are, but I hope you are having great weather and if you are around here, stay cool.
~Brittany
Hi guys! I am so far behind right now. I have so many things to catch up blogging about. The heat, trimmings, checking fences, the South Carolina High School Rodeo State Finals, and life in general. I really hope to get caught up this week so be expecting a blog a day all week. Hope everyone is having a great week and is not nearly as far behind as I am.
~Brittany
I know this an equine related blog, but I also want to tell about my life too. Yes, I spend lots of time riding and working horses, but I am also a bit of a girly girl. I LOVE flowers. I decided to walk around this morning and take pictures around my house a barn. Here are a few of my flowers.
I know I am way behind on my blogging. I hope to catch up this week. I have lots to add and plenty of pictures and videos to show.
~Brittany
Yes, I do ride and train barrel horses, but in order to keep them fresh as well as myself, I LOVE to get out of the arena and just trail ride. It helps the horses relax and it helps me relax. Trail riding is a very important part of our program. There are so many horses out there that cannot go trail ride. Trail riding helps expose my horses, especially the young ones, to things they probably will not see in the arena, but may see if we go out to a rodeo or horse show. So today, I took everybody on a nice relaxing trail ride. Tomorrow we will go back to work, but today was so fun and relaxing!
