Post by Exceller Fund on Sept 14, 2006 1:23:03 GMT -5
Hi Everybody!
After a long and much-deserved break following my appearance at the Dallas Affaire in Ohio, I went on the road again this weekend for another event held solely in my honor. My humans called this one the New Vocations Charity Horseshow and it was also in Ohio. I guess Ohio just can't get enough of me! This time Zip went with me; I guess he was hoping to bask in a little of my limelight.
Before I tell you all about my weekend, I wanted to take a minute and thank all the humans who helped move West Virginia out of my way. My humans explained how West Virginia was moved for me, and how they had to stretch Ohio so there wouldn't be a big hole between here and there. That sounds like a lot of work, so Thank You. Truth be told the trip didn't seem a lot different, but I know my humans wouldn't lie to me and I wasn't going to seem ungrateful.
If I thought this trip was going to be like the last one, boy was I mistaken! Last time I pretty much just hung out, ate, walked around and shopped for Ice Cream. This time I WORKED! Geez - what part of R-E-T-I-R-E-D do you not understand!
The first day there started out with the male human. He didn't ride me, but took me out to this place with a bunch of other horses. They had all raced a lot like me, but none are Movie Stars. We walked and trotted around for a bit and I won another fluttery thing. This one was colored pink, so I thought I'd give it to Zip. He likes that sorta thing, ya know.
Then I got saddled up and my humans and I went to a place called The Dressage Arena. I had never seen anything like this! It was like an arena inside an arena and had letters all around the edges. At one end of the arena was an Ice Cream Shack! Or so I thought. The male human explained that this was where The Dressage Nazi's hung out, and they did not serve vanilla soft serves. All the letters and Dressage Nazi's made me a little nervous! About halfway through my ride all the letters finally made sense to me: R-U-N D-A-L-L-A-S, so I got the heck out of there! My humans were laughing and saying stuff like "Dallas - you don't Exit At A halfway through the ride!" I felt like a Bad Pony.
That afternoon the female human and I got all dressed up in our Super Biscuit outfit and all eyes were on us as we rode around and the male human told everybody what a Good Pony I am. That made me feel even worse for Exiting At A. That evening after all the other horses were done, my humans took me and Zip out to the Dressage Arena by ourselves. The female rode Zip and the male rode me, and we rode all around the arena and checked out the cones and letters (come to find out they really didn't spell anything - I guess it was my imagination) and the Not An Ice Cream Shack.
The next day my friend Jenna from the Dallas Horse Park showed up! Its funny how we somehow end up being at the same place all the time! She took me to another beauty contest, then we saddled up and headed back to the Dressage Arena. She rode me around until we were understanding each other real well, and then we headed into the arena. This time I did everything she asked and didn't leave halfway through! And we won another fluttery thing (a Blue one) and then we did it again and won ANOTHER fluttery thing (a Pink one) and a real pretty halter the humans called a Championship Halter. They were real happy and so was I.
Then my friend Jenna and I went to another arena and rode in a different thing called Adult Hunter Walk Trot or something like that. I was being a Good Pony there too, but then this huge horsefly found me! I tried so hard to ignore him, but then he landed right on my butt and I just HAD to get him off. They HURT when they bite! One little buck and he went away to bother somebody else. I won yet ANOTHER flutter thing! This one was white. My humans said I probably would have won a Red or Blue one if that horsefly hadn't found me. But they weren't mad. The male human said it was a clear case of self defense.
After all this, Jenna and I changed into our Super Biscuit outfit and rode around for the humans, just like when we were at the Dallas Horse Park together. We walked and trotted and cantered around for the folks, then had our picture taken.
After this we were DONE. Did I mention how HOT it was? We were all pretty beat, so after a bath and lunch we got back into the moving stall thing and headed home. Zip and I slept most of the way there!
Oh yeah - I guess I almost forgot to mention all the fluttery things Zip won! He won a bunch or Blue and Red ones, his own Champion Halter and a real pretty white "Dressage Saddle Pad" He is just so cool about it all - never gets upset, always a Good Pony. He just never could race worth crap!
It was good to get home and see Lexi and tell her all about things. The male human and I made an agreement that we wouldn't tell Lexi I won in Dressage, but we'd tell her I won in Steer Wrestling and Calf Roping (I think that was what he said). He said that would really impress her, and he was right! She got all big-eyed and said "You fought COWS?" and I was her hero.
Dallas
After a long and much-deserved break following my appearance at the Dallas Affaire in Ohio, I went on the road again this weekend for another event held solely in my honor. My humans called this one the New Vocations Charity Horseshow and it was also in Ohio. I guess Ohio just can't get enough of me! This time Zip went with me; I guess he was hoping to bask in a little of my limelight.
Before I tell you all about my weekend, I wanted to take a minute and thank all the humans who helped move West Virginia out of my way. My humans explained how West Virginia was moved for me, and how they had to stretch Ohio so there wouldn't be a big hole between here and there. That sounds like a lot of work, so Thank You. Truth be told the trip didn't seem a lot different, but I know my humans wouldn't lie to me and I wasn't going to seem ungrateful.
If I thought this trip was going to be like the last one, boy was I mistaken! Last time I pretty much just hung out, ate, walked around and shopped for Ice Cream. This time I WORKED! Geez - what part of R-E-T-I-R-E-D do you not understand!
The first day there started out with the male human. He didn't ride me, but took me out to this place with a bunch of other horses. They had all raced a lot like me, but none are Movie Stars. We walked and trotted around for a bit and I won another fluttery thing. This one was colored pink, so I thought I'd give it to Zip. He likes that sorta thing, ya know.
Then I got saddled up and my humans and I went to a place called The Dressage Arena. I had never seen anything like this! It was like an arena inside an arena and had letters all around the edges. At one end of the arena was an Ice Cream Shack! Or so I thought. The male human explained that this was where The Dressage Nazi's hung out, and they did not serve vanilla soft serves. All the letters and Dressage Nazi's made me a little nervous! About halfway through my ride all the letters finally made sense to me: R-U-N D-A-L-L-A-S, so I got the heck out of there! My humans were laughing and saying stuff like "Dallas - you don't Exit At A halfway through the ride!" I felt like a Bad Pony.
That afternoon the female human and I got all dressed up in our Super Biscuit outfit and all eyes were on us as we rode around and the male human told everybody what a Good Pony I am. That made me feel even worse for Exiting At A. That evening after all the other horses were done, my humans took me and Zip out to the Dressage Arena by ourselves. The female rode Zip and the male rode me, and we rode all around the arena and checked out the cones and letters (come to find out they really didn't spell anything - I guess it was my imagination) and the Not An Ice Cream Shack.
The next day my friend Jenna from the Dallas Horse Park showed up! Its funny how we somehow end up being at the same place all the time! She took me to another beauty contest, then we saddled up and headed back to the Dressage Arena. She rode me around until we were understanding each other real well, and then we headed into the arena. This time I did everything she asked and didn't leave halfway through! And we won another fluttery thing (a Blue one) and then we did it again and won ANOTHER fluttery thing (a Pink one) and a real pretty halter the humans called a Championship Halter. They were real happy and so was I.
Then my friend Jenna and I went to another arena and rode in a different thing called Adult Hunter Walk Trot or something like that. I was being a Good Pony there too, but then this huge horsefly found me! I tried so hard to ignore him, but then he landed right on my butt and I just HAD to get him off. They HURT when they bite! One little buck and he went away to bother somebody else. I won yet ANOTHER flutter thing! This one was white. My humans said I probably would have won a Red or Blue one if that horsefly hadn't found me. But they weren't mad. The male human said it was a clear case of self defense.
After all this, Jenna and I changed into our Super Biscuit outfit and rode around for the humans, just like when we were at the Dallas Horse Park together. We walked and trotted and cantered around for the folks, then had our picture taken.
After this we were DONE. Did I mention how HOT it was? We were all pretty beat, so after a bath and lunch we got back into the moving stall thing and headed home. Zip and I slept most of the way there!
Oh yeah - I guess I almost forgot to mention all the fluttery things Zip won! He won a bunch or Blue and Red ones, his own Champion Halter and a real pretty white "Dressage Saddle Pad" He is just so cool about it all - never gets upset, always a Good Pony. He just never could race worth crap!
It was good to get home and see Lexi and tell her all about things. The male human and I made an agreement that we wouldn't tell Lexi I won in Dressage, but we'd tell her I won in Steer Wrestling and Calf Roping (I think that was what he said). He said that would really impress her, and he was right! She got all big-eyed and said "You fought COWS?" and I was her hero.
Dallas
