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Wentworth Hunter Pace - June 6, 2021

After Margaret and I had such a fun time at the fall hunter pace, we opted to go again this spring! This time, while I rode Rejoice again, Margaret rode her horse Jester and had a friend ride Ladyhawke. All Kennebec Morgans!! Jester and Rejoice have the same dam and Jester and Lady share the same sire. Unfortunately instead of a lovely late spring day, we had one of the first intensely hot and humid days of the year. It was definitely a bummer, but the ride was mostly in the shade of the woods and we had a great time!  most of the fences were 3' coops but we found a small log and this hay to jump haha Until we didn't. 😑 We brought along a third friend who rode Margaret's older mare, Ladyhawke. She's a good rider but hasn't known Ladyhawke for very long and didn't realize how much of a cranky boss mare she could be at times. She kicked Jester right in the front leg just about halfway through the ride, and while the cut itself ended up not being a big deal in the

Spring Happenings

Spring is taking its sweet time to arrive here on the farm, and I have been trying to not be crabby over the sn*wy weather.  I am craving warm weather!  We had the coldest month of March in history, and April hasn't been much better so far.  I hear it is supposed to be up near the 70s at the beginning of the work week, so perhaps things will dry out quickly and we will finally see bare ground!

I have tried my best to start spring conditioning with Snappy.  It is tough when there is either 2874655 feet of sn*w or now it is just wet enough that the white stuff that is left is too slushy to ride on without staving up the field.  

So there has been a lot of this...trying not to drown in sn*w!

And this...
My "ring" is just too muddy, since it is really not a ring and just a paddock.  So I have had to make due with the 1000' dirt driveway for now.  It is not horrible, but it is far from ideal.

We hired a new farm worker hahaha.  He seems to be working out so far.  Wastes a bit too much clean sawdust when mucking out though!  ;-)



That hat kills me!  
I finally gave in to my husband and these two little guys are now in our barn.  We have had them almost a month now.  They are milking shorthorn steers and will be used for showing this summer and fall.  My husband still has his pair of pulling oxen, but these guys are just to fool around with.  




The little steer was snuggled right up to the tiny child.

Sometimes the snow bank makes you a little distracted from training...

Cute little guys!  They are named Red and Rusty.

The big kid gave it a try, too!




And to go along with my last post about the farm logo swag, I finally ordered a farm sign!  This is the final proof, so we shall see what it look like when it arrives!  Yay!



And when I saw this on Etsy, I couldn't help myself.  Not sure where it will hang (and I would love to add the farm name somehow), but I love it!




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  1. The kids are the calves are adorable! I love the etsy find. I bet you could do a little name plate (like the halter name plates) in the center or the silver shoe ;)

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