I recently read an article on a horsey site written by an event rider who travels down to South Carolina during the winter to compete in the warm weather. The entire article was written about why people shouldn't be jealous of "snowbirds." As I read through the article I just could not stop myself from thinking that this person must be the most whiny person ever! Some of her points about why moving south for the winter is not all its hyped up to be were; there is sand everywhere, we still have "cold" days and we have to compete against the Olympic team. As a rider who recently moved from the north to the south, I must say I have no idea what her problem is! Having sand everywhere is far far better than having snow everywhere, we may have cold days down here but they are no where near close to the 20 degree days that everyone up north experiences on a regular basis and competing against the best in the industry is a privilege and what most riders want! The only complaint that I have about the south, as far as the equine industry goes, is that we have no indoor arenas down here. Just because it doesn't snow down here doesn't mean that it doesn't rain, but while everyone up north is enjoying their indoor rings we sit inside and watch the rain flood out our arena and hope the sun will come out soon.
The past two weeks have been a wash out. The rain just keeps on coming! Spence, however, hasn't let the rain slow down progress. Two weeks ago Spence got his first pair of shoes, then last week I was able to clip his legs and face so he looks less goat like and this week we ventured out to Dr. Baker's place with a successful trailer trip and loading like a champ! Anyone who knew Spence before understands that all of these events are pretty huge for him...he is finally growing up and starting to act like a show horse!
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