Time flies when you are busy! Rob Jacobs won the Novice over fences at IHSA Nationals. Congratulations Rob! The western team was fourth at IHSA Nationals and all the western riders placed in their divisions.
The horses that we took to Tennessee were superstars and are glad to be back after a very busy semester. The ride home for both groups of horses was eventful. The truck with the English horses broke down in Bennetsville and Elissa had to go rescue them. Then the rig bringing the western horses home broke down in the mountains. Fortunately Jessica Rhymer was able to pick them up and take them to her barn in Brevard where they stayed for a couple of days. All are home safely now.
Last weekend we hosted the first Instructor’s Retreat and Spa. The two days of brain-storming, demos, teaching and idea exchange were awesome. We had 6 visiting instructor’s from NC & SC and several of our students that are headed to summer camps this year. The equestrian staff presented sessions, cooked and offered advice. The weekend was beneficial not only to the participants but to the staff as well. Saturday evening we watched the KY Derby before dinner and enjoyed chair massages after dinner! My slave (otherwise knows as my intern – Jenna Branson) was awesome producing a fabulous notebook of SAPC exercises, organizing lunch, snacks and logistics as well as helping out with some of the teaching sessions. Pebbles and Liz cooked for us Saturday evening, yummy salads and chicken on the grill. The desserts were great too! Planning another “Spa” for labor day weekend.
Exams were this week so all our schedules are weird right now, graduation is this Saturday. After that we will be in to our May routine (which is tough as all the horses are here with just our summer workers and staff to care for them.) At the end of the month 60 some horses ship off to camp for the summer and we’ll be down to a manageable 30 or so.
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