My
riding buddy, Aarene, has done it again.? Her creativity has brought us another
gem about Billy, Blaze, and Cabby...this time it’s about Billy and Cabby
completing their 10 rides this year and getting the Sandybaar award.? (PNER award for completing 10 or
more rides consecutively without a pull in a season.)? She said she woke up
during the night with the words to the song and wrote it then!
We’re
proud of how the boys did this year...we kept them slow and steady and are now
working towards a faster pace in the 50s at the start of next year’s
season and then bumping up to 75s a bit later in the season.?
For
those of you who don’t know, these are the two geldings who got lost in
central Oregon last year for 4 ½ days after being blown out of their hot tape
paddocks by another loose horse.? (They now have heavy duty paddocks that are
bolted to the trailer that we *know* they can’t get out of. <g>) ?It
was Billy’s first night away from home so it was pretty traumatic for him
-- we had quite a bit of work to do after we got them back.? Both horses are doing
very well and are now behaving like good little campers and really enjoying
their job.
Sue
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Aarene's Note:
We were delighted to return home after Foothills and see a big note on the
board at the barn that read, "Congratulations Billy and Cabby--10
completions
in a row! Sandybaar!"
Apparently the horses were a bit confused by the fuss, as I heard new music
coming from the stalls late into the evening. I wrote down all the
verses I
heard, for your entertainment.
(To the tune of "Oh, My Darling Clementine")
CHORUS:
Oh m' darlin, Oh m' darlin'
Oh m' darrrrrlin' Sandybaar
Seems we trotted all the summer
For to get our Sandybaar
Up the hills at Cascade Challenge
Down the hills at Renegade
Over stumps at Klickatat and also at
Home on the Range.
<repeat CHORUS>
Trotted over Grizzley Mountain
Trotted over Alpine too,
Went through valleys at Sunriver
And the deep deep sand at Dunes.
<repeat CHORUS>
Lotsa times we finished last place
And it seemed so very far
But we're happy and we're singing
'Cuz we got our Sandybaar!
<repeat CHORUS>
There were vets and there were timers
There were guys in water trucks!
All the folks who held great rides and
All the crew who wished us luck.
<repeat CHORUS>
Thanks to all the folks who helped us
And we all know who you are
'Cuz without you, couldn't do it
Couldn't get our Sandybaar!
<repeat CHORUS>
Thanks to Steve and thanks to Jerry
Thanks to Vonda, George and Gene,
Jim and Maddie, we're so glad you
helped us get our Sandybaar!
Now we're singing, really loud now,
Hope that everyone goes that far
Ten completions, in one season,
And we've got our Sandybaar!
aarenex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The spirited horse, which will of its own accord strive to win the race,
will run still more swiftly if encouraged.
--Ovid, Epistule ex Ponto
