Hello again,

We didn't have  very exciting day yesterday so I didn't blog! I don't want to bore anyone!

I woke feeling quite sick. I think I got dehydrated the day before. I started to feel better after breakfast so I went and rode. This was my first real ride where Snukey actually felt like himself. We had fabulous canter work and finished with an amazing extended canter.

The rest of the afternoon was filled with relaxing and swimming in the pool. Slowly the Canadians who have sorter drives were trickling in. We went for dinner just us girls who have Leslie as our Chef D'equipe. It was really nice to get to know each other. Everybody is so nice!


Today we woke up to a huge morning thunderstorm. It was pouring and the thunder was sooo loud!!! It did this for a few hours so my ride was postponed.  Tomorrow we get to go into the Rolex ring and school as a team for 35 minutes. Wednesday and Thursday are show days. We don't want to go into a the show with a tired horse so I just did 45 minutes of walking around. It was super relaxing and I got to stare at all the other riders!  I finally remember to bring the camera to the barn! Moms photography skills are a bit limited but you get the idea.

Walking around the schooling ring. One of the many feids filled with cross country jumps is in the background.

Mom took this photo by accident today when she couldn't figure out the camera settings. I like it!

The stables are very full now. I'm getting to meet a lot of the other Canadian riders. We had a Christmas in July today when we got a ton of sponsorship stuff. Apparently in the previous years most sponsors do not sponsor all of Canada but west or east. This year everything was for everyone across Canada. Thanks to Ogilvy for three fabulous saddle pads. Thanks to Equestrian Factory Outlet for the amazing polo shirts,hat and jacket. And to the Dodd family for the jacket, shirt and goodies.

We had a practice jog today with Leslie Reid and Albrecht Hiedeman. For those of you that don't know what a jog is, it's where you run with your horse in front of vets and judges who check to be sure that your horse is not "limping" or lame as we call it.  If you do not pass the jog you can not ride in the competition. Getting to practice was great because I had no idea what to do! I have no worries about Snukey passing.

I'm starting to get very excited now! Things are finally starting up! Tomorrow is the jog, a meeting and riding in the 'big' ring. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow.

Off to tuck Snukey in,
Monika