The boys and I are in the Chicago area, and I'm about to start my fourth day of work here. So far so good, all has gone smoothly ( which actually has me a bit worried- things are going way too smoothly- I'm waiting for something to happen! ) Hunter and Robbie are really enjoying their time with their cousins Jack and Kevin, and Jack and Kev are enjoying dog ownership for a week. ( Oscar is in heaven!- he not only is getting tons of attention here- he also got to sleep in a bed at the hotel on our way out here.)

Back at the Ranch all is going well. ( if it isn't- the crew isn't telling me- love them! ) Julie and then gang always seem to have it all under control when I need to go on a work trip or go to a show- for which I am eternally grateful. They all do seem to give a sigh of relief though when I do get home.

Here's a pic of my to cowboys, Robbie has been helping out Saturday evenings at the Malibu Dude Ranch Rodeo. ( Malibu Dude Ranch puts on a fabulous Rodeo every Saturday night between Memorial Day and Labor Day- if you haven't made it out there yet you need to go, it's a great time. )

We will hit the road for home sometime on Tuesday afternoon, so that we arrive home not too late on Wednesday. For now I need to get off the computer and get ready for work, a barn full of pony party ponies await me!

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Group ride at the Ranch today at 2. Should be nice weather for it. We've plenty else going on today as well, with training horse owners coming by to see their critters. Off to the rodeo tonight at Malibu Dude Ranch with Robbie, me to do teeth and enjoy the rodeo, and Robbie to work.

Michelle C stopped by yesterday with her kids and a friend. They all rode Dodge and had a gerat time. I enjoyed the pics that they posted on facebook-

Rob- sore knee and all- hopes to have a break in the weather again soon to be able to continue to cut hay. He did have an MRI taken yesterday, but no results on that until Monday or so.



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Summer is flying by! We've had our barn so full with training horses, have been getting hay in and getting ready for shows that I've barely noticed that July is on the downside already.

We had 8 horses at the Cobleskill Show last weekend, and had a wonderful time. Everyone did so well, I'm proud of the whole crew and their mounts. ( the pic is of Maribelle's Torey and some of his ribbons )

Rob hurt his knee last Thursday. He jumped out of a hay wagon, landed wrong and sprained his knee. The Dr. thinks he may have a torn ACL, he goes back in today for an MRI. Hoping that it is not too bad.

Julie and Jeff are off for a brief visit to Ohio. Julie has a bridal shower to attend and they are looking forward to visiting with her family. Kenny and Makayla are also away for a few days, getting in some fishing and R & R.

I'll be on the road soon as well. July always brings my yearly summer trip to the Chicagoland area for me to visit barns doing horse dentistry. I've a busy schedule mapped out already, but I'm also looking forward to spending time with my nephews.

Delivered Kat and her foal Kings Ransom and Rose's broodmare Limosina back over to Rose's place last night, then went on to Allentown with Raven, a Tenn. Walker mare who had been here at RO-NO for some training. We got back in late, but it was good to get them all delivered when it was cooler out.


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Maribelles hay is all in! Rob knocked it all down last week, and thanks to Kenny, his brother Anthony and Robbie- we got it all safely put up into Maribelles barn before the rain came. Such a good feeling to have our hay lofts full.

Time has flown by, by the end of the week we will be on the road to show at Cobleskill NY. We've eight horses going and everyone has been busy getting their mounts prepared for the show. Julie and I will have a hectic week getting all the horses worked, the trailers packed and the horses ready to show.

Kings Ransom will soon experience his first trailer ride. He and his Momma Kat will go to Rose's soon. There he will get acquainted with big brother Lightning. He is a super friendly colt and I know that Rose will enjoy getting to know this youngster better.

Today is Hunters 4th Birthday!!

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Aahhh... another nice, clear, cool, non-humid morning.  Feels very good, especially after the late evening putting in hay. We got all of our own first cutting in, a very good feeling. Love having my barn full of hay.

I managed to get everything on my 'to do' list yesterday accomplished!! That almost never happens, we'll see if I manage to do as well today. I've a pretty hectic morning scheduled, and then this afternoon we are loading up five horses and heading to Malibu Dude Ranch for a mounted shooting practice.

Congrats to Georgianna and family on their purchase of our little Mojito. He is a wonderful young Paso Fino gelding and he and the girls get along beautifully.

Congrats to Amy C. and her family on their purchase of Rain. Rain will be a good teacher to all of your kids Amy, enjoy her!


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55 degrees this morning! It will feel nice when we first head down to the barn, which will be a welcome relief from the past few days. It's not going to last though, the heat will be back later today with scorching temps on the way for the weekend. On a good note, the hay dries fast in this weather. Rob dropped some hay on Saturday, which we got in yesterday. He dropped the rest of our fields yesterday, so with luck we will get all of that in today. There is nothing like the feeling of having our hay loft full! Once ours is in we'll move on to Maribelle's to get her hay done.

Had a very productive Mounted Shooting practice yesterday. Cardillo was perfect, even ponied one horse from him for a bit. Calif was really good too, so I was quite pleased with my boys. Jim and Jose had a great run of it too, Jim shot quite a few rounds off of Jose. We are pretty well set up for our practice at Malibu on Tuesday.

We have a full barn, lots of training horses in, keeping all of us super busy. The variety we have in is fantastic, QH's, Paso's, Tenn Walkers. Keeps us on our toes. It's a bit late in the season, but we did get our Capitan mare covered yesterday. JQ took a bit of coaxing to get it right, but finally he figured things out and bred the mare. Silly Stallion! This is a coveted crossing of pedigrees and we are really looking forward to this foal.

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