6/21/10 - Full Day 1 - Well, we got up and went to a yummy breakfast (bacon, eggs, french toast and potatoes) and then the 3 of us that were using Thacher horses got taken to the turnouts to meet them. My guy is Badger. (I forgot to take a pic of him, but will today.) We brought our horses into the arena and did some ground work for the morning, including saddling and bridling and then broke for lunch. After lunch, Richard played with 3 of the participants horses that were having issues in the morning, so we could all ride at night.



We took a break at around 3:45, so I went to get Fame and played with him and was actually able to get a saddle on him again. Thank heaven! Then we took a walk (me leading him) around the very beautiful grounds. We had dinner at 5:30 and then saddled up and rode to the gymkhana field which is HUGE, where we all warmed our horses up by trotting and loping and then played partner games Richard explained to us. We got back to the barn at around 8:30 at which point I tucked the horses in and went promptly to bed completely, deliciously exhuasted. Great first day!