The Kentucky Derby!

The Kentucky Derby was run just over an hour ago! I love horse racing, and every year I look forward to the Triple Crown races. I haven't really been following racing lately though, and I didn't really research any of the horses that were entered. I really wanted Pants on Fire to win though, mainly because it would have been awesome to have a female jockey win. However, Nehro was the name of the horse that was really jumping out at me. Nehro finished second and Pants on Fire got ninth. In case anyone missed it Animal Kingdom was the winner. ArchArchArch was pulled up and has a small fracture to some bone whose name I can not remember. He should be ok though. They said he will need surgery, but it is not life-threatening.

After the Derby we went and fed the horses. We've been slowly reintroducing them to the freshly grown grass, and they can be pain in the butts to get off of it lol. They see us coming and book it to the opposite end of the field. Last year Pony let me catch him, but this year he has to gallop a couple of laps before he decides it's time to go in the barn and eat his food.

I finally bought new leather cleaner! Last night I cleaned Pony's saddle and bridle. My saddle is a really old Theo Sommers saddle that I got for free (my aunt, who doesn't ride, bought it at a garage sale and had it sitting around.) Luckily, it fits both my and my horse nicely. I had never heard of the brand until I got it, but it's really nice. I also bought Jasper a new halter; its blue with green and lighter blue designs. Maybe I'll get a picture of it on him and post it. I also bought him glittery blue bell boots. He tends to overreach when he gets to running really fast. He got a few nicks that way when we were introducing them back to the grass last year in the spring. He looks all cute in them!

Almost Done!

14 more days left of classes! Not really looking forward to the final exams that come after that, but then it will be summer!! I'm excited to really start working with Jasper again. I haven't been able to do anything consistently with him for quite a while. Hopefully he remembers everything (he's still very green.)

I signed up for fall classes yesterday. It looks like it will be a pretty hard semester. I'm going to be taking elementary Japanese, statistics, organic chemistry, and the second part of biology (I took the first part this semester.) It will be fun, but it looks like it will be pretty tough. I also have labs for both biology and organic chemistry. I really dislike the labs; I probably dislike them because they tend to be 2-3 hours long. Oh well...

Oh, and, I didn't get to ride Pony this weekend like I was planning to. Saturday morning it was still pretty muddy, so I was going to let it dry out and ride in the afternoon. But, then, a thunderstorm popped up and it poured... again. The freshly fertilized fields are growing quite nicely from all of the rain we have been getting though. Hopefully we will get a lot of hay from them! Oh, and the Kentucky Derby is next weekend; I have no idea who I will be rooting for. Guess I better look and see who is running.... lol.