Another Day at TPF!

Today was a bit crazy at the farm. We had an incident this morning where a horse Ryan was riding wasn't jumping well, so Phillip got on to work out the kinks and the horse's back legs just started buckling underneath it. I was helping set fences, so I had to run back to the barn and grab everyone to come help. Kevin, our vet, looked at him and said it was probably something neurological.. hopefully not EPM! He did blood work, so we're waiting to see.

I got to ride a horse Phillip owns named Houston, and may be looking to buy. Everyone here thinks I'm crazy because he's definitely not the easiest horse to ride, but I did flat work with him today and actually felt pretty good. I'm supposed to have a jump lesson on him with Phillip tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. I'm also trying one of Chip's young horses, which Ryan rode today and thought it was quite fancy for the price.

Tomorrow after work I'm heading home to VA to prepare for the Carolina Communication Association Conference. I'm on two panels for a paper I wrote senior year at Salem about ESPN's portrayal of female athletes. I haven't done academic work since May.. it will be so nerve-racking! I'm trying horses at Jan Simmons', heading to Wilmington, NC on Friday morning, presenting Friday afternoon for Salem and Saturday morning for competition, flying back to DC Saturday, and driving back to PA Sunday afternoon. Going to be a very busy weekend!

Also, Nate gave me a lesson with Silva Martin, a German-born AMAZING dressage rider and instructor at the farm (she's married to Boyd), so I'm super excited to see what she thinks about Sully next week. I am trying to sell him as a dressage horse, so this will tell!!