Imagining Rodney

Awareness of the outside world. Stay cool, folks. For us, the next few days are predicted to be 97o & 98o, with Feels Like much higher. Bath time! [Summer’s Here still] [Minion! I Require A Shower! video]

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Rodney lives in a parallel dimension.

While were were waiting at the vet clinic, Rodney wanted reassurance. Who among us is happy at the doctor’s office? [Annual Vet Visit]

He came over to put his head in my lap. Metaphorically. I was standing.

While we waited, he reminded me of all the good times we’d shared. The lightning fast jump-offs. The hours spent hanging out at horse show stalls. The bond forged between horse and rider.

As far as Rodney is concerned, he could’ve had a glorious show career. Therefore, he did have a glorious show career.

Like I said. Parallel dimension.

Onwards!
Katherine

Tag You’re It

Awareness of the outside world. To celebrate World Emoji Day, enjoy Tor.com: Dune’s Kyle MacLachlan Explains the Plot of Dune Through Emojis, Asher-Perrin, 2016. Hat tip to D.

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Milton is a tick magnet, particularly his ears. Vet recommended cattle tags.

Werners, A., Karasek, I., Butler, C., Yeatts, J., Enomoto, H., & Baynes, R. (2022). Control of ticks on horses using abamectin-impregnated ear tags. A pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 45, 473– 480. Wiley Online LIbrary: Control

Onwards!
Katherine

Model Horses to Go With Model Trains, Guest Photos

Awareness of the outside world. Speaking of model horses, BreyerFest is this weekend, IRL & virtual. Breyer: What is BreyerFest 2023? It always amazes me that KHP can hold a major horse show, see yesterday, at the same time as the biggest event in the model horse world.

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TrainTastic
Gulfport MS

Photos & Video by Michelle Duplichen. Watermark & border added to photos. Video edited for sound. Thank you, Michelle! [Archives].

TrainTastic logo from website.

Onwards!
Katherine

Watching and Wondering, Saddlebreds at Lexington

Awareness of the outside world. The Chronicle of the Horse: Opinion: Pride Belongs In Equestrian Spaces, Clawson 2021. QueerBio.com: LGBTQ Presence in the Equestrian World, 2022. Hat tip to C for a conversation that prompted me to search ‘trans in the horse world’.

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Watching the livestream of the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show and wondering how I would do if I were to show there. I see three options.

More Nerves

Riding at KHP!

I have mentioned this before.

Once or twice.

HE COMPETED AT KENTUCKY HORSE PARK BEFORE I DID?!?! [Nostalgia] 2017

Clearly, I am not as over this as I claim. [Dream Rides] 2019 [That Noise] 2022

“You’ll notice that KY continues to be missing from this list. Good thing I don’t let it bother me.” [50 State Checklist] 2022

Plus! Riding in the big ring!

While the arena has changed since I used to hang out there, it is still the Rolex arena. [Peregrinatio in Stabilitate]

Less Nerves

In this alternate universe, I would be riding my own horse. Or, I would have leased a horse and ridden said horse often enough to consider the horse mine for the season.

I seem to do better with my own horse. However, I don’t know if that is because I know the horse or because I am not showing with a barn, which means I have to do more of the work, which means I have activity to keep my brain occupied. In the fantasy case, I would be standing about in my pretty show clothes while my trainer got my horse ready. No idea where that would fall on the nerve scale.

No Nerves

So far out of my league that I would circle back to blasé. Much like when I showed George at Washington. I was there for giggles. [What’s In A Name]

Onwards!
Katherine