September 2018

I got so tired that I just couldn’t blog, so here’s the final rundown for 2018 St. Louis National Charity Horse Show! Having forgotten my camera Thursday, I didn’t have this picture to post of Jane and Chaps as they departed to return to Lexington… Or this picture from Thursday lunch with old friends… Christine, […]

This has been a long day!  On top of which, the blogging learning curve has thrown me for a loop… And I forgot my camera at the show, so there won’t be many pictures… We planned to leave at 7:30, but Bart had already fallen asleep for morning nap #1, so we were delayed…  Jane

The St. Louis National Charity Horse Show is always a special show.  It is now held at the National Equestrian Center in Lake St. Louis, like many other shows, but it has a different vibe, and feels significant.  It could be the resonance of years past in an old lady’s memory (my first Grand Prix,

The #oldladieshorseshowing and their trusty steeds Derry and Bart have the day off.  The hot weather has broken, jackets are out of the closet, and early this morning Jane and I headed up to the NEC to watch  youngladieshorseshowing (there were no boys in the class) in the Zone 7 Equitation Championship this morning.  Harry

A better day, and a good finish! We had a turtle view just as we were about to leave – X rated!!  But since we love box turtles, we thought it a good omen… We loaded horses at 1:30 PM and left for our last day of showing this week.  When we arrived at the