Notes from Mosquito Hill » horses

Oklahoma

mack505 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:08:47 +0000

October 15- The reason for the trip. Scotty and Mrs. Mack505 finished fourth in their championship at the Morgan Grand Nationals. He was the highest placed four year old in his finals.

The hotel staff had fun with Beth’s animals.

October 16 – Scotty meets Flat Stanley. Stanley had a whirlwind tour with us, taking in Fryeburg Fair, the Oklahoma National Memorial, the train and fire museums in OKC, and the horse show. He’s back in Mrs. Harrison’s class now, resting.

A week without photos (P365: August 16-21)

mack505 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:10:58 +0000

Photoblogging was light this week. In fact, it was nonexistent. We were out of town at the Big E in Springfield for the Mass Morgan Horse Show. Internet was limited to what I could access via the iPhone, although I did achieve one text-only post. The fairgrounds did have WiFi, but for $$$. I tried the free service at the local McDonalds, but we won’t discuss that any further. As I couldn’t find an access point which was both pleasant and affordable, you’ve had to wait. So without further ado:

August 16: I’ve never had a campsite with its own fire hydrant before.

August 17: Breakfast

August 18: Sunset

August 19: Terriers around Town. Beth loved the psychedelic one the most.

August 20: How could you not love this face?

August 21: Mrs Mack505, Scotty, and trainer Shawn Amazeen in the winner’s circle.

Catching up on P365

mack505 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:55:20 +0000

June 18 – Oliver

June 19

June 20 – Granite State Morgan Horse Show

June 21 – Faithful Steed

June 22 – I didn’t do this one either.

Horse Ambulance (P365 – 4/21)

mack505 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:33:23 +0000

On the way to work I passed the MSPCA/Nevins Farm Equine Ambulance at Dunkin Donuts. (But not my Dunkin Donuts.) This is their new, smaller rig.

My co-workers snicker at the concept of a horse ambulance, but I’ve trained with these guys and they are great. They specialize in injured sport horses, and they carry all sorts of custom equipment for moving a downed horse to a veterinary hospital. (It’s harder than it sounds.)

I’ve no idea what they were doing in my corner of the world at 0600, but it didn’t seem to be an emergency.