We met Alyssa in Belton on Monday for her last shot at qualifying for the State 4H Horse Show. She is allowed to compete this year since she is still only 18. She could only take Leggit this time because Chloe is no longer a yearling, and is not trained for the 2-year old event due to an injury early in the spring. Having just one horse made this the easiest district show we've been to. Leggit continues to amaze us. He is so smart, and together he and Alyssa make a great team. They easily won the 3 year-old Stock Horse class, and picked up a ribbon in every event they entered except reining. They outclassed all the other competitors in reining, but Alyssa lost count and spun 5 times instead of 4, causing a disqualification. Guess she needs to teach the horse to count! Her big triumph was taking third out of 40+ entries in Western Horsemanship, beating some very expensive, professionally trained horses. Anyway, all of this adds up to another trip to State next month in Abilene.
Our other big news this week is that we're expecting... another horse! Crystal is due in mid-April! The daddy's name is Elvis. That opens the door for some pretty fun names.
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Our congrats to Alyssa and tell her we missed getting to see her. Next time post pictures.
What the heck is the proper thing to say to someone expecting horse? Congratulations? HAY! Way to go? (Sorry, couldn't rein myself in.)
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