Beezer- What a sad story. I was almost crying after I got done reading it.
Suave Reno- I love the costume picture. Trick was a jail brid at that show and this year I am attempting to make him a hot air balloon or circus pony costume for this years finals. Our barn goses costume CRAZY. Last year we dressed the big WB with the horrible reputation as a carousel horse and his owner who is 15 rode him as Mary Poppins. And then there was the year someone convinced Medevil Times to let her barrow a knight costume. Ah too many fun costumes to remember.
AA Jumper- Very cute jumper. Wish I had the guts to do jumpers beyond 3’. I love fuzzy girths! As soon as I got my new saddle I had to get one that match everything.
As for horses eating stuff I have the funniest story. Ae were at a show at one of the adults in the barn set her lunch (in a paper bag) down on a takc trunk to go check her horse. One of our horses procedes to lean out his stall and remove the comtents of the bag: a can of coke, oreos, and a sandwich both in plastic ziploc bags. He Suchs the cookies and sandwich out of their bags, not harming the plastic in any way. Then he reaches for the coke, pops it open himself and drinks the whole thing. We saw him just as he was finishing and all laughed.
Tomorrow I am going with my trainer down to San Louis Rey to the evt hospital.
At the end of last summer/beginning of fall my best friends horse rolled around tin the mud/dirt and caked it over is whole body (even his eyelids). We cleaned him odff real good, but I guess so drit scratched his eye. He developed an eye infection about 3 weeks befor OCHSA finals. We had the vet out and he gave us medicine and got him a protective eye hood to cover the infected eye. He the developed a fungal cyst in his eye and we ahd him in EVA’s hospital in Youba Linda. The vet then said there was no hope and we should just let his eye wither away and get him fitted for a glass one. We really didn’t want it to come to that, although he could have functioned OK with it. So they decided to take him to the hospital in San Louis Rey to see if the special eye vet could fix him. He said there was a posibility of fixing him with surgery, but thta it might not work. They decided to go ahead with surgery anyway just on the chance. Now they are so glad they did. the eye is almost completly healed and as far as we can tell he sees good still. His owner is now back riding and jumping him and should be showing later this summer. The vet visit is his check-up so the vet can remove a flap of white that the stiches didn’t come out of.
Sorry this is so long, but this really was a maricle and a great sucess story.
Lisa
Hurrrumphing and all that. Flying into the ring!! Okay, hopefully a nice glass of wine, couple of aspirin and you are feeling better? These bones of ours, well, they just love to remind us how old we are!
Geeesh but you have to admit, the butterflies would be beautiful to watch. 
