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Plan B

5/13/2016

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I just drove back from Jersey and unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned. My mare Urrem, who’s probably one of the most sound horses I’ve ever had, was spun at the 2* jog. She was suffering from a little dew poisoning from all the wet ground, so I had started her on antibiotics Sunday. In hindsight, I probably should have been more aggressive, because by Wednesday morning it looked really angry, to the point that she was intermittently off about a grade and a half in her right front. Hindsight always 20/20, isn’t it? By the time I got home, with a stronger antibiotic in her, it was a lot better and she was quickly sound and looking great. 

Of course I’m gutted, but its better that it’s not a serious injury and we’ll just move to plan B, which is the CIC 2* at Virginia and then travel up to Bromont. I was quite excited about Jersey so I took all the horses to a dressage show the Sunday before and practiced the 2* test twice on Rem. We got a 45 the first time and a 42.4 the second. She was super fun to ride and hopefully we’ll be able to repeat or even improve on that at our next competition. I rode the young horses in First Level test 1 and they were all good, with Elvis winning the class. 
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We’re busy at Surefire and hoping the ground dries up so we can get mowing. Trav, Josh and Graham are coming on Monday to work on the course for our horse trials. Never a dull moment!
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