This was one of those weekends to remember. Lots of people visited the farm—LOTS of people! It was the Rolex Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park—jumping, cross-country and dressage. It’s a big deal–people come from all over to see it. That alone makes for a busy weekend for us. But then, on Saturday, we [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 19, 2009
Sunday April 19, 2009
Once again, horses have proven to me that they are smarter than humans, and today illustrated one of the myriad of reasons why. It was a chilly, damp, and gray day, with almost constant drizzle punctuated by frequent downpours. Still, we had a fair number of visitors and while we spent a great deal of [...]
April 12, 2009
Sunday April 12, 2009
Narrow Escape
1983-2009
We lost Narrow Escape yesterday afternoon. At age 26, she told us it was her time and was euthanized in a green, grassy pasture on a beautiful spring day in Kentucky.
Narrow Escape was Old Friends’ very first horse, making her in many ways our role model and inspiration. Her owner kindly donated her [...]
April 5, 2009
Sunday April 5, 2009, Part Two
The Weekend Part Two
(This is Part Two of this week’s blog–Part One is posted below)
Friday dawned rather cold, windy and raw. But it was opening day of the Keeneland Spring Meet and it didn’t snow, so I guess that means it was a good day! (Two years ago I remember watching a race on opening [...]
April 5, 2009
Sunday April 5, 2009 Part One
The Weekend, Part One.
What a jam-packed, busy and eventful weekend it has been. It started on Thursday with a day at the farm and an evening with comedian Frank Santorelli at O’Neills Irish Pub in Lexington. Then, Friday was the opening day of the Keeneland spring meet. More on Keeneland later; first I want to [...]
