Settling in at Sussex

MEGAN: Today started like any other day, but expectation was hanging in the air. With all of my fundraiser stuff complete with the exception of a few emails, I am now free to worry about the show. After all the morning chores were complete, I cleaned Simba’s stall, handwalked him, and handed out my beautiful thank you’s. Then I helped Laura pack for the show and got Simba and all of his stuff ready for the trailer. He loaded perfectly and had a smooth ride to the show grounds, where we were ready to greet him with shavings in a stall and a smile on our faces. He was a bit shell-shocked after getting off the trailer initially, but settled in pretty well. We set up the tackroom (beginning with two, but due to a stabling error now have one- see the picture for a glimpse of show stuff) and all the stalls and fed our horses, then tacked up Gino for Jackie to ride. After a quick handwalk for our horses, Simon and I put Gino away and helped Laura get on Ivan. Then I checked in to the show office and tacked up Simba, getting on around four. I had a rough warm up, but after the first 15 minutes had a good ride, though Lendon said that I need to be more to the point, lest my horse suffer because of my stupidity* and inexperience* (* denotes my words). After a bath and rub down with Vetrolin, Simba got his dinner and I cleaned my tack. Once he was all taken care of Brooke, Grace, and I went home, showered, and went to dinner at Applebee’s with Simon and his father. Now I am going through my tests and preparing for the show tomorrow- wish me luck!

SIMBA: After taking care of me in the morning Mom disappeared, then showed back up with shipping boots. She put me on a trailer with three other horses and we traveled for about two hours and thirty minutes until we got to a little fairground in Augusta, New Jersey. Mom took care of me and gave me water and hay, but I was more interested in talking to all the other horses. After a short ride, working short and hard, Mom gave me a spa treatment at the wash rack and then I got dinner! I am tired, and now I am off to bed. I hear we have a big day tomorrow- and I know that I am the best, so this will not be a problem. I am all ready to strut my stuff! Besides, these foreign subjects should recognize a king when they see one.