Off to Kentucky!

Today was the big day! Today was the day we loaded our horses to go to Kentucky. The riders, their parents, some siblings, and some spectators were there to help out. We were meeting in Woodside Horse Park to load the horses in the trailer. The 12 horse trailer from Emerald Transportation looked HUGE compared to some of the trailers that were there. Almost all the horses had halter fleeces on to get ready. Logan and Jessica said they had oiled their horses.

First we put all of the tack trunks in one of the compartments for the horses( we only had to load 9 horses). Then we loaded the horses. some of the horses were facing forward, others were facing backwards. They were all pretty calm about the whole thing.

 We had the horses that would be eating alfalfa be next to each other and the the horses eating grass hay next to each other so they wouldn't steal each other's hay. After the horses were loaded almost all the girls climbed into the trailer to say bye to their horses for what seemed like hours. Finally they got out and the the truck drove away. (The older girls seemed to really miss their horses. They were inside the trailer the longest time. They even ran behind the trailer when it pulled away.)

Carol made a care packet for the drivers. it had sandwiches, chips, juices and also a cooler with more juice. I heard that is Mid Cal's tradition to provide snacks for the road for the drivers.

Good luck at champs everyone! See you there!