Liz Howell

  This past weekend was a great horse show weekend.  CN Big Time aka CiCi competed in her first breed show.  Liza from KC Training Center fit and worked with her for a few months prior to the show. Liza then showed her in the halter and lungline futurity classes and I showed her in the amateur mares classes.  CiCi took grands, reserves, first, seconds and one third all weekend. She was a pretty good girl and I feel it was a good weekend. I was so nervous Saturday that I shook through most of my classes but by Sunday I was just tired and couldn't keep track of what was what.  I dunno about this having to be up at 5am to be at a show stuff especially since I would have had to get up even earlier if I had been the one that had to get a horse ready to show. I guess thats why people have trailers they can sleep in and haul in the night before a show. Go to CiCi's page to see more pics of the show.

  Daisy is Home!  Daisy aka Lakotas Twist N Spin has gone back and forth between me and a lady named Tammy since she was first purchased from the breeder. Tammy bought her as a weanling and then sold her to me as a coming two year old. I then sold her back to Tammy as a four year old and now I have her back as an eight year old.  She is just as pretty as I remember and still just as sweet. Unfortunately Tammy is having severe health issues and is no longer able to care for her, she felt she would rather have her come home to me than sell her to someone she does not know.  Jim usually gives me a fit when I talk about getting horses but he did not even blink when he found out Daisy needed to come home.  We went to get her yesterday and she loaded like a champ in the trailer even though she hadn't been in one for four years. Supposedly she hasn't been ridden for a couple of years and she bears some old saddle sore scars but other than that she looks great.  Sudden is happy to have a new bud around and she is settling in like she never left.

I decided that Sudden should have a boyfriend this year and then she could give me a beautiful little baby next year.  Well I found the perfect Stallion although late in the season and drove her over to the east coast to meet him.  She has been there two weeks already and is not showing any signs of wanting a boyfriend.  The owner of the stallion said she even tried to bite him in the face.  They had to give her a shot to flush out the multiple follicles she produced and now we have to wait another 7 days to see if a normal follicle will develop.  The Stallion owner and I both agreed that if she doesn't take next time I will bring her home and take her back earlier next year.  Its really a bummer cause I think this Stallion and Sudden would produce an awesome baby. All I can do is cross my fingers and hope she takes this week.