A cancer research benefit show was held recently in the HorseGirlTV area of North Carolina called Canter for the Cure. It was a GREAT event that raised $6000 to benefit cancer patients and support the John Hopkins research. I was on hand to show support from HorseGirlTV and to enjoy getting to know some great locals! It was definitely a fun time for all supporting a great cause in the hot humid land known as Eastern North Carolina.

Our awesome sponsor Absorbine (http://absorbine.com) donated a super kewl gift basket which was THE hot ticket of the day receiving by far the most raffle entries.



It was full of awesome Absorbine goodies and I was so excited to see the new UltraShield Green in there as well as their near indestructible fly masks! Check out the number of tickets in that entry! Wow!



There were the CUTEST of ponies!



All dressed to the 9s for the lead line class!



Wonderful young ladies getting to live their dreams! Good job Courtney! Awesome, AWESOME musical freestyle!



Fun support bling on EVERYWHERE including the horses!



Great t-shirts for sale (check out the HorseGirlTV logo on the back, Yeah!)



It was awesome to watch one of my students rock his class with a 68.5% and receive 1st place too! Congrats Tom and Ray!



What would a horse show be without sweets! A custom horse head snow cone.



And mounted cotton candy!



I had a great time, met some fun new people and enjoyed supporting the cause. Jackie and Tanya did an amazing job putting this whole thing together!

So the dude returned! Ex spotted him yesterday evening in front of the barn and I quickly/quietly walked out there to give him some food and just say hello in hopes he wouldn’t run away.

A little shake of some kitty food and a few pauses in his steps he finally made it back up to the barn to say hi. It turned out he wanted love more than food at that point and nearly knocked me down rubbing up on me.

It’s nice to know he’s ok and hanging around and good that lil Kat will have a friend to hunt mice with!



I’m publishing this one for Jason with Attwood and I know he’ll appreciate the tractor makeover. It’s just the start but now much of the front end is looking pretty again with REAL tractor tires and not those wacky trailer tires that were put on there. Between the falling over fence posts and loosely strung barb wire to all the trash that was left behind it’s no surprise there were not real tractor tires on this great classic John Deere but, like everything else we’ve worked the last couple years on out here at the farm, he’ll be as good as new soon and Ex seems to be having a blast in the process!

I bet you thought you’d never hear of this much less see pictures. Miss C is NOT afraid of umbrellas. I think the fact that she flew the Holland and trained at a facility where they were doing MAJOR construction the ENTIRE time we were there with 3 massive cranes always moving stuff around, random pieces of construction materials throw about on the ground and alleyways and such has mellowed her out a bit to her surroundings so…

I didn’t think twice about heading out to get her yesterday with the storm that rolled in quick and got us all a little wet. We’re definitely thankful for the rain, the arena can handle it and I do enjoy the opportunity to wear my Däv Rain boots and pop out my matching umbrella!

The least she could do it take the halter from my and put it on herself eh?


So that didn’t work and I had to close the umbrella but it has this awesome feature that you just push the open button again and it collapses all on its own. Carrara thought this feature was a neat as I do!


Actually being out in the rain was quite nice, Carrara didn’t seem to mind either just standing and enjoying it drop down on and around her but she’s had enough playing outside and it was dinnertime anyway.

Thanks Däv Rain for making such stylish and functional products! Check em out at http://www.davrain.com/

Yup we have a new barn kitty, since Lil Dude’s been AWOL, and as soon as she’s spay she’ll be moving out to the barn with her lush kitty condo next to the awesome Cavalor feed to become the best mouser ever! Until then, she’s been enjoying the high life inside the house and has taken a particular liking to my office chair which she conveniently steals anytime I get out of it! LOL!



Okey the cuteness factor does play a big part in her getting away with it. 😉

Oh and we’re calling her Kathryn Marie. The Marie is in honor of Mimi. RIP Mimi! She’ll go by Kat for short.

We took some fun photos this morning all dolled up in Draper gear! They sent me these new polos they are launching officially in August and in true Draper style they are pretty hot (or cool as the case may) bringing old school function with high tech fabrics. I thought there’s tons of other folks out there that would like to get their hands on a trial of these polos like I just have so I connected with Kat at Draper about putting together a Tales of the Traveling Polo program.

I’m going to properly wash, roll and re-package these new polos and start a contest to pass them along to someone else so they can have a chance at trying them for a week, snapping some fun photos of themselves using the polos, provide feedback to Draper and then pass them along. For participating in the Tale of the Traveling Polo program participants will be given a discount on draperequinetherapy.com products. Win-win!

Now I’m not 100% on all this as I just mentioned it to Draper but I  think they love the idea and I’ll go forward with a contest ASAP. How’s that! Let your horse walk a mile in Carrara’s shoes so to speak trying out these same polos. Nice! Here’s some pictures of us from this morning and you can check them out online at draperequinetherapy.com!

Wrapping. Easy to put on with the nice Draper Holofiber as the base!


Heading out to the arena to try them out…


Checking the tack…


Trotting. Nice bend and flexing! WOW Carrara has a NICE hind leg and the fronts aren’t anything to shake a stick at. Fab trot!


A fun gallop is always nice too!


Thanks Lyndsay. You have magic fingers with the click of the cam!

So this is a GREAT event and it’s this weekend. I interviewed Barbara Strawson about this event last year. Take a look and then read a bit more about the awesome things they have going on!

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On the Dancing Horse Challenge:

The 2010 PVDA Ride for Life Dancing Horse Challenge Jun 26th will be THE equestrian event for 2010 leading up to the World Equestrian Games! We have such an impressive line-up, one too good to be missed so get your tickets now (a suggested $20 donation – free to kids 12 and under) at www.pvdarideforlife.org and support the cause of breast cancer research!

The performances this year for the Dancing Horse Challenge will be truly special with specialty acts coming from all over the country! KYB Dressage, the famed Barteau family, will be performing Broadway acts, stunts, and beautiful freestyles. You don’t need to go to Broadway for the Lion King or to the lake for water-skiing – you can see it all at the Dancing Horse Challenge, including a patriotic tribute to Lee Greenwood’s Proud to be an American.

The Sons of the Wind are coming from Connecticut with their breath-taking Lusitanos. Mr. Vitor Silva and his horses are nationally renowed for their haute ecole “airs above the ground” and perfectly matched quadrille. This is an opportunity to see the very high school movements that have made the Lipizzaners in Vienna world famous.

We have then many wonderful Grand Prix freestyles with such riders confirmed (subject to horses’ being fit) as Michael Barisone, Sue Jaccoma, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel, Lauren Sprieser, and Ali Brock.

On the Gala:

This Black Tie affair goes on before during and after the Dancing Horse Challenge. If people MOVE, tickets are still available up until Tuesday!

Join us for the Celebration of Life – Pretty in Pink Gala the evening of June 26th at the Prince Georges Equestrian Center from to 5 P:M to 12:00. Your $100 toward a great cause provides you with appetizers, dinner, cash bar, free wine and beer, VIP seating at the DHC and great music to dance to through the evening. Get your request in by June 19th by going to www.pvdarideforlife.org (click on gala) or by contacting Jeannette Bair at jeannettebair@hotmail.com.

On the Silent Auction:

The PVDA , in addition to its great Sioent Auction at the event, is extending it to the country via on-line Auction at through Mission Fish, with items offered by Debbie McDonald , County Saddlery, great art work and a training and dressage experience/vacation offered by the Sons of the Wind! Please let folks know ot go to this link:

http://shop.ebay.com/potomacvalleydressageassociation/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340