January thus far...

To start the year off by traveling to WEC in balmy Wilimgton Ohio last week with a great group of horses and people was definitely a good idea! Competition was stiff but we managed to hang a few ribbons on the old banner! Congrats to our team for their rewarded and un-rewarded efforts, in our usual style we worked long hours and didn’t give up!

The long hours and balmy temperatures of last week sent us home sick by the time we arrived Sunday evening but our fearless leader didn’t miss a beat. The indoor arena needed his attention, desperately! We discovered after utilizing our new wonderful drag the latter part of 2021 that half of our indoor arena had no base. Instead of just softening the packed footing it dug up rocks where a base should have been. Fast forward to the beginning of this week and our return from WEC… Stripping the old footing over 2 days with the tractor and front loader, spending an additional 1.5 days fixing only the base of the walls which were initially built with the improper plywood thickness and finalizing the project with the new footing delivery today. Progress had been made and we could see the light through the tunnel… A 1/4 into spreading the last load the entire project came to a screeching halt! ROCKS! MIXED IN WITH THE LAST LOAD OF NEW FOOTING!!! Cussing commenced… Emails and texts were sent, phone calls were made and the management team of Sport Horse almost cried. There’s a (very) slim chance we’re able to get a replacement load in the morning but we’re not holding our breath. The gist of this story is… The indoor is not complete, we hope to do so (best case scenario) tomorrow morning and worst case scenario Monday (we hope). End of story (for now)…