visiting the vacation home

Stinky came back to Split Elm in NJ today after a great jumping school in the morning with Danny. This morning he jumped three bounces to a 33' three stride over a square oxer out. Once he got it one way Danny took him over it backwards (oxer to bounces). I was very impressed with how Stinky backed himself off so that he could jump the bounces tactfully (and one at a time). He barely broke a sweat, I think he is getting fitter! Since Stinky is not entered in Millbrook he is coming home for the weekend so that he can have some fun around the track. Danny's directions were to keep him happy and that's not hard to do considering he likes just about everything (except paint horses, he's not fond of them). So I brought him here and turned him out with Bogie, a walking horse, who stinky is pretty impressed with. Bogie and Stinky played and ran a bit but in the end Stinky took charge and was bossing Bogie around a bit. The more he competes the bigger his ego gets. Just two years ago he was letting Ritz the lesson pony chase him everywhere! He has come a long way.

His next competition will be on August 16th at the Waredaca HT. He will be going novice again and there should be quite a bit of competition! Waredaca is a very nice event so I'm looking forward to seeing how he handles himself.