I think we get a prize for being part of the top 10 so that's something to look forwards to at the Annual Meeting/Banquet sometime this winter. Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. The vet asked me why it took Stitch 6 minutes to pulse down and I told him that's how long it took to pull her saddle off and for me to get a lead rope on her not how long it took to pulse down.

Thankfully with a flat screwdriver and a lot of care we were able to get 3 and 3/4 of the pads out relatively quickly.The AERC rule is that you have to be pulsed down by maximum time, so I would count on that for rides in the future. We were warned that it was very rocky and very hilly there (hence the reason for the failed attempt at pour in pads) and we almost didn't go because I was worried about finishing off the year at a tough ride but boy am I glad we did. My riding bestie E came over and after she and I vetted our horses in for Saturday's ride we decided to saddle up for a quick ride.

Worst case scenario we could keep him in a stall but that's a lot of extra work and not much of a life for him. DH said I could ride in his saddle because we took the stirrups off of mine to put on the Ghost and I didn't really want to try treeless with her just yet.I had thought about skipping this ride because DH didn't want to go and it is one of the farthest for us but I realized I could drive the little trailer to my friends and we could take her weekender.

It was warming up so I took off a sweatshirt and Stitch's rump rug and met up with C to go back out on our second loop. First is her blanket (pink of course) for being top 10 in MnDRA (Minnesota Distance Riding Association). In 2015, before my crash, I was in a training program towards my first Half IRONMAN and we quickly bonded as a group. We got back to the trailer for just enough time to eat a granola bar before we had to get back to do our vet check.The last ride of the season (in 2 weeks) was in danger of being cancelled due to the rocky-ness of the trails and I don't want to risk her coming up lame on the last ride of the year so I figured we would pad her. It also doesn't help that I broke my collar bone and had 2 surgeries last year from a horse related incident so that's always in the back of my mind.