Winter entertainment

 One more week and the days get longer! This is the most boring part of the year when it gets too cold to ride and life revolves around doing chores and staying warm. 

It revolves around feeding time for these two! Peering in the barn door as I feed the barn cats. Those faces..... so hopeful!

I might be able to get another ride in next week; we have a bout of stupid cold followed by above freezing so if the wind isn't howling I should be nice enough to ride. Yes I am a fair weather rider, I have done my time riding in all kinds of inclement weather so I feel I have nothing to prove and Gussie is happy to wait for nice days to pack my butt around. The privileges of age for both of us!

At least the morning chores have some sunshine lately. 

I have been entertaining myself with following the National Finals Rodeo on the Cowboy Channel. There are two horses competing who really impressed me; the first is a calf roping horse from right here in Alberta by the name of Peso. He was exceptional last night in round 9; placing his riders in 1st, 2nd and 3 place. He is a big soggy buckskin gelding who is rock solid in the box and powerful in his stop and he holds the rope perfectly. If you get a chance to see his runs on fb you will see what I mean. The really cool thing is that Tuf Cooper switched from his own horse to Peso last night and was 1 tenth of a second from winning the round. Tuf knows a great horse when he sees one!

Not my photo, couldn't find who to credit it to.

Peso is a grandson of Shining Spark, - both Belle and Jayne were granddaughters of Shining Spark, so no wonder he caught my eye!

The other horse that caught my eye is in the barrel racing; his name is Jarvis, ridden by Kassie Mowry, and he is a son of The Goodbye Lane who is proving to be an exceptional sire of speed horses. Jarvis isn't flashy like a lot of the other horses in that event but his runs are poetry in motion. And he has plenty of speed, winning 5 rounds so far. 

Photo by Hailey Rae

Tonight is the finals and I will be cheering both of them on!