Day 14, June 27th

Started out early this morning, saddled Solomon and the mustang and was headed for the round pen I had found the night before. He saddled up nicely and led out through the crowd without a problem. He is really starting to settle in. When I finally reached the round pen, there was one of the university people told me I couldn't use the pen. So I then led him back to the stall and put a plastic bag on the saddle again. He still is really troubled by the plastic bag. He tenses up, kicks at the bag, kicks at the wall. So I tied him up in the stall and let him wear the plastic bag while Tell showed his roping horse today. Tell was World Champion Header and Reserved Heeler. When I came back to the stall he seemed to be a lot quieter. So I unsaddled him and brushed out the sweat marks and put him back in the stall through the heat of the day. When the sun started going down and it was cooling off, I saddled him up again and I went for a walk around the fairgrounds. Once again there were alot of kids on bikes, one little dog got away from his owner and was dragging his leash in the gravel, golf carts zipping by, but all of this stuff is becoming less and less scary to the horse. Activities in the main arena had finished so I led him into the bright lights of the main arena. Trotted him around, got him to do some circles in front of me, move to the left and right, then I walked around the arena. He seemed to be accepting things very well. Took him back to the stall, unsaddled him, brushed, fed , watered him and I put him to bed.

Day 12, June 25th

Tell is in the ranch roping. Tied the mustang in his stall and led him around again. Then I led him around the warm up pen. He is starting to accept the show scene. He is a lot more relaxed today!
Tell had a great run in the ranch roping and he was the World Champion. I showed Solomon in the ranch riding where we placed 3rd. We placed 10th in conformation. And the end results of the 4 classes we ended up World Champion 3 year old Challenge Horse. What a Day!

Day 13, June 26th

Tell was 7th in conformation. I saddled mustang and led him around the parking lot and barns again. He is settling nicely. I gave him a bath today and will work him in the round pen I discovered while I was walking him around.

Day 11, June 24th

I am in the ranch cutting in the first class. Cindy's horse Solomon worked well and we pinned the cow and I finished 3rd in the class. Saddled the mustang and let him stand in his stall while I prepared Solomon for the working ranch class. Solomon worked well again, we drew a fast cow and he worked him well. Then we lined him out and ran hard for a nice finish. I roped the cow and Solomon stopped him well. We won the class! Mustang had a nice day as well. He seemed to be settling in so I ponied him around the parking lot. He was really hugging up to Solomon for security. He was really nervous, kids on bikes, horses everywhere, trash cans, campers, dogs, golf carts, Wow ! what an experience. We made it back safely to his stall , what a relief! Tell had a good working ranch horse class. He finished Reserved World Champion.