[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Well, I’m sorry you were there too:).

I’m hoping to ride Sat. at least. It’s raining hard today, and suppose too tomorrow also.

We did get the horse shod, but had to finish in the barn because the rain came.

Becky

[AnAmericanMother]

It POURED here yesterday -- huge roiling jet black clouds, high winds, lotsa lightning and rain too thick to drive in. When we got out to the barn (my daughter and a friend of hers came too - she's looking for a trade-work-for-riding-lessons gig) the arena was a sea of mud. Everybody warmed up their horses in the hunt course field on the grass while our trainer jumped on her tractor and dragged the ring to try to move the mud around and dry it out. The ring actually drains pretty well, so once she dragged some of the sand into the low spots and spread the water around it dried out enough to ride in. After an hour or so we were able to jump, and even Gracie (who doesn't like mud) didn't mind. It is such a pleasure to ride that mare -- she was really tucked under and going forward and jumping like a dream . . . .

We desperately need the rain, but not all at once in bucket and tanker car loads like that. Saturday night and all day Sunday it rained gently and steadily, that's what we need, it gives it a chance to soak in and doesn't all shoot off into the streams with all the topsoil . . . .

[FrogInABlender]

I’m glad to hear that the dentist went ok and the horse got shod. Hopefully you’ll be all set to ride in a day or two.