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A Trip To City Arena
Today Terrie and Martha wanted to take a couple of younger horses over to the Marshall City Arena. Just so they could see other places and get used to settling in new places. We headed out in the morning and helped Shay (the property maintenance manager) feed the horses. Once everyone had eaten we took them out and groomed them before loading them. We brushed everyone down and loaded the trailer with saddles, pads, bridles, and sport boots( bell and splint boots, they are used to protect the horses lower legs and hoof). Then we loaded all the horses onto the trailer. The City Arena was only five minutes down the road. We pulled in and off loaded all the horses. We brought five horses. Captain, 1 16 year old black quart horse, Tie, an 8 year old chestnut quarter horse, Frosty, a 5 year old quarter horse chestnut mare, Cutter, a 4 year old bay quarter horse gelding (he was Martha’s back up barrel horse, he is my favorite so far.), and Mario. I tacked up Mario and Tie, soon after Martha pulled in with her 8 year old barrel horse (no one knows his name…I guess no one thought to ask…haha) her horse was a little spooky with new situations. I road Mario around for a little bit and then my sister got on. Martha helped us both around the barrels. If you weren’t riding you were holding Cutter. He became our best friend. We put Mario away and tacked up Captain, Frosty, and Cutter for Terrie. Martha left earlier (she had a hair and nail appointment) and left just Terrie, my sister and I. once Terrie finished with his last horse we packed everyone up and headed home. Once we got home we put everyone back in their stalls, hosed off the sport boots, and the trailer. The rest of the day was pretty easy. We rode our colts and then called it a day. Its always good to get horses out of their ordinary surroundings. Let them get out and see new things a little bit. It is all part of the training process. Especially younger horses should get used to new places. We don’t need a racer getting cabin fever now do we?