Annual Disappointment

Well, it's becoming a trend. Second year in a row, a disaster at Congress time. Last year, my former horse, So Riveting, put his foot through the stall door the day before his class. This year, Mocha, the one I have been SO excited about, developed an abscess. That could be the cause of him being not as on par as usual in his class last week, and now by the day of his JR WP class, he is lame.

Sometimes you have to wonder why life throws you these curveballs. As you all know, this was to be the most exciting accomplishment of my life. Now, lots of time, effort, and money later, he gets all the way to the show of the year to get an abscess. Poor Mocha cannot catch a break, first his injury, now when he's about to make his leap into the limelight, this happens.

On a positive note, at least this will heal, and Mocha and I will keep on truckin. No matter what obstacles life throws in our path, we will do our best to get him shown and proven as the great show horse he is. He's still behaving excellently, and apparently everyone who sees him, loves him.

Fingers crossed for Tator on the 23rd. We decided to go ahead and show him regardless of the subpar haircoat. We'll just get him looking as pretty as possible, and he's going around great, so there is still a possibility he could at least garner a Top Ten, which certainly a Top Ten at Congress wouldn't be peanuts on his show record. It looks to be a good, tough class, with more high class longe liners than I have ever seen, this was a tough year to longe for sure.

C'mon Tator, our last hope for Congress 2010! :)