Chloe and Clarabel

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September 2009 - Conditioning day at Daryl and Diane's

Chloe/Clarabel, Kristy/Chelsea

and Georgia/Flicka

enjoyed a fun afternoon of conditioning canters/gallops in the field and a quick ride in the river!

September 2009 - Snoopy Pooper

September 2009 - Kristy and Chelsea riding in the wheat field

September 2009 - Chloe and Clarabel riding in the wheat field

September 2009 - Morgan and Casey riding in the wheat field

September 2009 - Georgia and Flicka riding in the wheat field

September 2009 - Misc photos

Weve had many Sandhill Cranes this year!

Chelsea and Dyno looking through the arena

Chloe/Clarabel, Megan/Senorita and Georgia/Flicka coming back after a ride in the field

New student Audrey riding Hawk

Cari had a good ride on Fertile - in the outdoor!!! Yeah!

Chloe's dog Paws and his new summer hair-do.

You can faintly see the shaved heart on his rump!

August 2009 - River Ride at Daryl and Diane's!

Kristy/Chelsea and Chloe/Caesar
Lindsay/Dyno and Beth/Hawk

The view of the William's Wood trail from Shiek!

Our adventurous group heading back towards the river!

Suprisingly, all of the horses walked right into the river

and seemed to enjoy themselves!!!

Yeah!

The Dexter cows watched us pass by!

Our group:

Kristy/Chelsea, Lindsay/Dyno, Heather/Shiek, Georgia/Flicka,

Alicia/Senorita, Chloe/Caesar and Beth/Hawk

Wild Goose Trail Ride with Anthony and Melanie, Aug 2009

The view from Shiek!

Anthony and Melanie had many adventures along the trail!

But we survived and I haven't gotten Anthony back in the saddle since!

Fox Hunting with Alicia and Georgia, August 2009

Alicia and Georiga enjoyed their first adventurous day of Fox Hunting!!!

They did a great job and can't wait to try it again!

2009 Fair and Misc Photos

New barn kitty "Pumpkin"

- he came home with us on Sunday PM

after dropping off some heifers at Bohn's

Alicia bravely carried Jonah across the spinning tube at the fair 'fun house' ride!!

Anthony enjoyed taking Jonah on the train ride

The KEC Anthony fan club at the Little Britches show

OMG - it's a horse with a real handlebar mustache!!!!

Watching the horse pull was pretty cool!

3 Cool Kids!

Anthony and Alicia on the umbrella ride

Tilt a whirl

Anthony and his fair calf - Sunday

Anthony and Chloe had fun checking out all the big tractors

Anthony, Clancy and Chloe conquered the Tilt-a-Whirl!!!

Clancy is such a good sport!

The Affeld family enjoyed meeting Anthony's calf

The KEC seating section at the fair concerts!

Our new parakeet - Pirate Pete - check out his disco ball!

Romeo enjoyed posing for the camera

August 2009 - Boots and Saddles Open Arena Night

Cari and Max
Alicia and Casey

Cari and Clarabel

Chloe and Clarabel

Lindsay and Dyno

Georgia and Flicka

Anthony and Angel

Goose Trail Ride

Kristy/Chelsea, Cassie/Cody and Chloe/Clarabel

enjoyed their ride at the Goose Trail

August 2009 - Pony Club Polocrosse Practice!

Megan, Chloe and Anthony practiced their Polocrosse skills at our August Pony Club meeting

Jumping the Dice!

New Tractor!!!!

We got a new John Deere tractor in July!!! Yeah!!!

Can't wait to start using it on a regular basis!

It came with a bale spear, forklift and bucket attachment

July 2009 - Pony Club D Jamboree - second session

Misty and Lindsay had matching braids
Anthony and Lindsay with counselor Alden

Miss Britt mastered the water jump!

3 peas in a pod - sharing the hotel bed

Miss Britt and King

Anthony and Angel

Lindsay and MistyAnthony enjoyed riding Ende - with lots of help from Sedate of course!!

July 2009 - Pony Club D Jamboree

Lindsay rated to her D-1 with Misty pony
Chloe and Melanie rated to their D-2's - Megan too

The rating group

Melanie and Pepper

Megan, Mackenzie, Chloe and Melanie enjoyed the 1st session of Jamboree!

PS - most of the good Jamboree photos are on the Pony Club Shutterfly site

July 2009 - Kids Horsemanship Camp

The girls enjoyed finger painting the horses! ...and giving them crazy hair-do's

July 2009 - Tiny Tot Camp

July 2009 - Cowboy Camp

Beth briefed the boys on their activities for the day!
Steve took them for a 'hayride' around the farm!

Anthony enjoyed cantering on Misty pony!

Cowboy Seanie rode Casey for camp - he's looking like a cool dude in this picture!

Cowgirl Chloe helped with chores

Sarah and Glory at Endless Valley, July 5, 2009

Glory was hot and sweaty at the half way point

and wasn't afraid to stop, drop and roll right in the middle of all the action!

She was a good girl for the vets!

Sarah's happy smile!

Lauren and Joanie at Endless Valley - July 5, 2009

Initial jog out
Lauren was a bit bummed as Joanie was gimpy for her jog out -
however, she passed with flying colors the next morning!

Checking Joanie's respiration

Happy to drink from the public trough at the halfway point

So happy that Joanie smiled!!!

Check out Joanie's fancy Cavallo boots!

Joanie finally got her butt number halfway through the ride!!

Lauren trying to put Joanie in a trance to bring down her breathing

Beth and Flicka at Endless Valley Ride - July 5, 2009

Flicka was well behaved for the vet checks!!
Checking legs

Checking for swelling/filling on Flicka's legs

Walking out after a successful jog out

Ready for the trail!

They made it!!

Flicka was happy to follow the pack - way, way behind.

Didn't bother her at all!

Beth chatting and making new friends!

Jonah was very patient on this long, hot day!

Checking CRT - Capillary Refill Time - on her gums -

not Flicka's favorite thing to do - but she gave in...

Checking for back soreness

Final jog out

Yeah!! Beth and Flicka took first place!!