This message is from: SUSAN L GIARGIARI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The programs are in the mail as of the 5th of August and I got mine today!
Just wanted to let you all know. The stalls this year are only $20 for
members of GMHA! Wow! The price of stalls actually went down!! Yeah!!
The Fingerlake Fjord Show was AWESOME! Hats of to all for a great show. Next
year it will be 2 days and lots of fun! Camping was on the grounds, we did
op for a motel room as I didn't want to trust the weather!! Just could not
talk myself into setting up a tent or taking it down in the rain! The show
grounds were great, stalls safe and of good size. Upper door(Heavy Fenced)
to close if needed. Babies and Stallions will be discouraged from thinking
they can pop out the door! I rode Rodejka in Walk, Trot and got the
Championship. The Cross Rail Jumps were so funny. Everyone's horse did 3
refusals and Deka refused the first jump 2 times, Rider Error, and then I
finally got the hang of it by the 5th jump. She stopped cold right in front
of the 6th jump. Never took a step back and I said, Let's go, and over she
went! So the judge gave it to us. I never jumped except in the practice ring
and a little advice from Marsha! Now, Lori is to be congratulated for her
performance in the Sit A Ten class! I rode Dena, with a snaffle, who had a
foal in the barn, and thought I was going to be able to stay on!! Lori
got the bucks! My Chiropractor was not happy with me! My Troxel did it's
job and cushioned my head as it slammed to the ground! I was only alittle
sore the next day. All in all it was a great show and we will be back next
year!
This will be the last announcement to buy tickets for the NFHA FOAL
RAFFLE, to be drawn on August 27, after the show in Woodstock, VT is over.
All the Awards and the Raffle will be done at the end. I have the Class list
scanned into my Computer so if anyone wants a copy, Privately Email me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will send it to you via email. The Program
should be to all of you this week sometime!
We usually do our foals, Big Boy Haircuts, at about a couple of months old.
I only do the Norwegian Cut (all one length) as you usually can't get the
two layers with the soft hair. I have been guilty of letting manes flop and
grow over, I don't know how many times, and after being roached off, they
grow back just the same way they were before they flopped. I'm talking
flopping with about 8 inches long! It looks cool but it doesn't lay flat!
Kind of wild looking. What your mane is will be what your mane is, whether
you let it grow too long or keep it cut. Have any of you noticed that when
you get a good cut mane, with the black about 1/4 to 1/2 inch taller, about
two weeks later, you can see the line in the white where it was two weeks
ago. That line stays there for quite a few weeks. You can cut down to that
line every two to three weeks and your cut will stay great. Of course, when
you have about 10 horses, it can be quite a job doing this. I learned how to
cut a mane and why it is cut the way it is by ordering Carole Rivoire's Mane
tape. Most people think it is a perfect arch. But it isn't. The highest
point of the curve should be about 4 inches ahead of the middle. The Middle
is at the point between the Bridle Path and the whithers, where the mane
stops growing. The white can be cut first on one side. Most people have a
good side they can cut from, depending on whether they are left or right
handed. Then, when the white is right, you cut the the rest of the mane the
1/4 or 1/2 above the white. You are actually cutting the black with the
white from the other side. Get it all even. Stand on something if you need
to, this way you can see that it is even and flat. Then when you go to the
other side, cut the white down the same length as it is on the other side. I
do the part near the bridle path first and you can tell by looking between
the ears that it is cut down the same length on both sides. Finish the white
to the black, which is done already! One other thing, DONT take the mane
right down to the poll at the bridle path. The mane should stand up behind t
he bridle path about one inch or so. This way it looks as if it continues
right into the forelock. Sometimes when I have a horse with a thin forelock,
I won't cut a bridle path, I just let the hair grow and add it to the
forelock. On a Stallion with a huge poll bump?! (You all know what I am
talking about!) I definetly do the bridle path! You can wet the mane with a
bristle brush to help the hair stand up while cutting. I do it wet sometimes
and sometimes dry. The fat manes are hard to do, to get that wide part
level. I don't use clippers as, I don't trust my hand when the horse takes
a giant sudden step! On the video, it shows you how to cut the mane to give
a heavy neck a more pleasing appearance and how to modify the different ones
to give that optical illusion. Hope this helps some of you! Sorry to
write on so long! Hope all are enjoying the
