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Thank you guys, y'all are the best.
I know it's been a couple months, but I feel like I should post fair results anyways.
As some of you know, this year I brought Jester to the show instead of Tick. We had a lot of good competition in the horse show, the real excitement for the two of us came during gymkhana. I'd been trying to get Jester to slow down the whole day, so the moment we walked in for barrels and I let him run, he had a blast.
As far as birds went I was RC for showmanship which I was proud of. About a month after loosing Apache I had one chick that hatched. We spent some time together during those early days, and I was thrilled with how she did. She also managed to win RCCL. Also putting in a throw back, probably within my first year here, some of you may remember I nearly lost a bird from an unknown sickness. I'm very happy that she fought through, because even as a five year-old, that bird managed to win her class.
I don't know how auction goes for other member here, but this year our fair auction had fewer animals and a whole lot more money. Pigs averaged around 2k, GC steer made 9600. Birds were just about twice last year's price.
I apologize for no pics, I've been working through iCloud issues right now and only have some of my pics.
 

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A five year old chicken that won her class? That speaks volumes about what good care she has received all her life! Glad the fair went well, sounds like you had a lot of fun. Good to see you, come back more often!
 

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Nice to hear from you Poka! Thanks for the update, sounds like the fair went well. We tried watching the gymkhana at the big fair last year. Apparently it was the state championship or something. Must have been nearly 2 dozen entrants. Just couldn't stay, they were dragging the ring every 15 minutes for 15 minutes. Started at about 10 AM and were STILL at it when we left the fair at about 8 PM!
 

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Nice to hear from you Poka! Thanks for the update, sounds like the fair went well. We tried watching the gymkhana at the big fair last year. Apparently it was the state championship or something. Must have been nearly 2 dozen entrants. Just couldn't stay, they were dragging the ring every 15 minutes for 15 minutes. Started at about 10 AM and were STILL at it when we left the fair at about 8 PM!
10 hours of gymkhana :ep Great if people want it to be going the entire time, but I can hardly handle 12 hours total, at least that time there weren't any long breaks.
 

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Can't think of anything exciting to say, but I feel like I should at least post once during this visit to let y'all know I am still alive. Currently living the dream life, can't say I would change much about what happening right now.
Glad to see things are busy here!!!
 

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So I feel like it'd be rude to you folks to stop by and say silent, but nothing is really new.
Had a lot to be thankful for this week, so I suppose I'll share it to share something, Ticket had his worst colic yet monday night (He's had four before monday), but by luck we noticed him acting weird when going to check on the chickens. Words really can't describe how much I love that horse, even through those falls, and bone chip in my arm (got bucked off...).
Also, we've been blessed with a lot of snow, I feel like the freestyle mogul kids from Colorado will have a huge advantage in a couple weeks at selectionals.
XC update for those that care: Had a pretty good season, got to run JV at one of my meets. So glad I got to be a part of such an amazing team with fantastic coaches.
Still living the dream, even through the rough days, it is really nothing compared to what most are going through.
Feel like I should put more, but really can't think of anything with quality to say.
 

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Doesn't need to be quality! We just like knowing things are going OK :)

Do kids at sectionals come from places where there isn't much snow? Seems like that would be difficult.
 

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