Missouri Fox Trotter

VERSATILITY AFTERNOON was about to start. The announcer boomed, "Class number 73, Contestants please enter the arena". Velvet and I proudly walked into the CELEBRATION SHOW RING for the first time. I was first into the arena and Velvet followed me walking in her most royal Princess manner. WE OWNED THE ARENA! We were the only contestants there. We stood proudly and surveyed our arena. The 100 or so people in the crowd stared at us. I flipped my hair using the "blond gesture." The versatility judges entered the arena and went…

While I was watching and listening to the versatility demonstrations, Velvet got a full body makeover for her debut at the most important horse show in the world. We decided on a new lipstick color but stayed with our same nail color." Sinful Black". We figured that she might sweat, so we choose thickened Maybellhorse waterproof mascara, and stayed with her regular eye shadow, "Bright Blue Barn Hue". We let down her new "do" and marveled over how much younger and sophisticated it made her look. She cursed her farrier…

AVA VERSATILITY DAY- MORNING DEMONSTRATIONS Friday morning at Ava, I got to watch the great versatility demonstrations put on/arranged by Duane and Sally Scott. SALLY SCOTT AND EQUITATION Sally was 1st up with a demonstration of equitation. Erin Stevens was one of the examples along with a man warming up a horse for his daughter. At the beginning of the demonstrations, Duane picked this man out and made him enter the arena. He did really well as did Erin. I wanted to be picked from the audience too, so I quickly…

World Celebration Versatility Day Arrival and Distater Number One I slept for 14 hours after I got home from Ava.  Since I was only there for two days and I didn’t party the night away, one would wonder just what caused the extreme exhaustion. Well, stay tuned! Just as a note, I drove to Larry's Stable on Thursday and went on a wonderful trail ride with my hero, Larry Dollarhide and April, their young neighbor and Larry's apprentice.  Mona and I got to gossip and chat face-to-face instead of internet…