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We're off.........; to the sunny south !!!
Topic Started: Mar 1 2009, 06:11 AM (1,551 Views)
Black Tack
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Sanny, the folks you don't recognize are riders, grooms, friends, nannies that we know from home. They are all with JTM's old trainer who we are still good friends with. He rented a lovely little farm just a stone's throw from the show grounds as well as stalls on the grounds. Really nice 4 bedroom furnished house, 8 (?) stall barn, paddocks and a ring full of jumps. A nice relaxing diversion from the show grounds, particularly since many of the horses are there for over 2 months. One of the riders has about 6 horses down there (just sold her GP horse last year), one has a hunter and a jumper and is actually from the US but rides exclusively with Bob, both in WP and up here in the summer, and one is a dressage rider from Germany who rode with Ashley Holzer for 5 years. the nanny and groom hadn't ever been out of Canada so were finding everything pretty amazing! It was a fun, eclectic group and we had a great time :martini: :cheer: :martini:
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The Grand Prix ring in Ocala.
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Hanging out on the golf cart ringside.

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Our great hotel - filled with horse show folks :clap:

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And the kiddies playground that was perfect for shuttle launching and sliding without spilling a drop :teehee:

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I didn't get any pictures of the evening we all went out for dinner, looking rather spiffy I might add :yes: Just the tired ones the next morning at breakfast :innocent:

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Jilli made us all beautifull bracelets with matching earrings <3

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The last morning together :no: , after breakfast and before horse trailer shopping...

in front of the horsie

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and behind :teehee:

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OK, I'm exhausted from all of that hard work :brickwall: That's probably it for me for pictures for another 2 years. :teehee: Hope I didn't bore you all too much.
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I'm still waiting for photos of someone, anyone wearing a gold thong!!! :innocent:

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Ohhhhhh lookat the lovely ladies!!!!
One day must make a meet-up.
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Notice in the last pic I am wearing a sweatshirt! :point: :point: They are all in short sleeves , I thought it was rather chilly that morning, :teehee: :teehee:
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Firstly I must say...it was a freakin' ROCKET launch (unmanned) Did I teach you all nothing?!?!?!??!? :nyah:

My first photo from Wellington: BT and I

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JTM and BT in front of the big jumper ring in Welllington. THere was a jumper thing going on that afternoon and it was BEAUTIFUL!

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Prepare thyselves for PICTURES! I wandered over to Best BUy to purchase yet another card reader...but... here are the results.

First day pics of the fancy schmancy barns around Wellington. It's a community completely geared towards horses which was really really cool.

Horse Hedges:
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Beautiful Barn:
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Cool shaped barn fronts. Artisan farms perhaps??
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Acorn Hill (IRISH horses!! :) )
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Salamander Farms. Had the COOLEST detail on the iron gates of little gold salamanders.
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Poor JTM was completely mortified when BT and I spied some famous dressage barns (Jane Savoie, Kathy Connelly, Michelle GIbson...). We'd slow down and try to catch glimpses of horses/riders through the hedges. She'd slink down on the backseat and cover her eyes. Poor poor thing! :point:


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LOOKS like a GREAT time was had by all...

I bet you found your dream horses a million times over..

I DO SEE that LIGHT or Turquoise BLUE was the "in" color... ;)

HH :)
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Pictures from the international ring. Sadly I don't know who some of the riders/horses but the fences were just gorgeous!!

Warm up ring for the international jumpers. Notice height of fence! :o
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Mario Deslauriers!!
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Marcos Beerbaum I think. Don't quote me!
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...and again
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...how about three!
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Big Orange water Jump (Liverpool??) with Big Red Horse
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My favorite butterfly fence with poor Mario's head just appearing. New camera is great. Operator needs some work.
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Knock knock? Is someone watching us, Karen??? I get the feeling that we're not alone...

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It's El Pato Diablo. He was actually pretty cute for a little Muscovy Duckie!!! Wagged his little tail when I peeped out at him.

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Mar 11 2009, 02:17 PM
LOOKS like a GREAT time was had by all...

I bet you found your dream horses a million times over..

I DO SEE that LIGHT or Turquoise BLUE was the "in" color... ;)

HH :)
Well, Headless, we were asked if we were a"team" :innocent: A "team" of what....was never mentioned :huh: :o ;)

And you are right, it was dream horse after dream horse.

And the reason Jilli took the picture of the warm up ring had NOTHING to do with the cute guy in the grey breeches' ass ;)

I'm going to get into trouble for 2 sentences starting with And.....please don't anyone tell OTF Or CDE :no:
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