Merry how is hammie doing now?
My horse that I qualified for a year end local show on did the same thing with pulling a shoe and abscessing. So I couldn’t show. I took my student sat in the shade it was (extremely hot)kicked back and enjoyed the show. My curb chain is jingling for hammie.
Oh Bumpkin, thats wonderful!! We are so glad to hear the news! 
Merry, I think you may have something there. Survivor, Horsemans Expedition. 
I can almost picture it, hurling thru tons of shows. Scattered all over the country. Trying to find the one you will qualify at. Breakdowns, motels, show grounds, weather…all the qualities that make for tv watching. Oh, and let’s not forget the tiffs with grooms, trainers and other exhibitors! Possible set downs for rule infractions, all to climb to the pinacle of success “Indoors”. 
hmmmmm…
think that could possibly make it an Equestrian Olympic sport?
Wty, I shall take your advice. He always BUCKS like a bronc after a few days off (unlike merely pitching after one or two days off) 
so I think I’ll turn him out with my saddle gulp on, then climb aboard.
Please God, don’t let either of my parents do anything to excite Hammie. That means no flag waving, no weed eaters, no spontaneous trips to the dump, etc.
“Friends don’t let friends eat fish tacos.”
