Yes- it is official!  I got the check for Elvis yesterday.  We are all set.  I just need to start separating him from Trace so he will not miss him as much. I plan on bringing him into the barn soon and leaving Trace outside in the backyard pasture.

I also brought Elvis into the arena to start his training for the trip to St. Louis. We worked going over the bridge and standing tied.  All this week we will continue on and then next week I will pull the trailer into the arena for some real loading experience.  Then he will be ready to go.  He does not like being taken away from Trace, but better now than on the trip home.  I know he will settle down in a day or so. 

The yearlings are back out on grass and will be full time all week.  It took us a while after the water hydrant was fixed.  I talked to Nicole and she is going to start Sport after her school schedule lightens up in late December.  I can’t wait to see how he does.  Sport is growing into a great horse-friendly, manageable, and even tempered.  Then we will move Hailey and the Saddlebred mare to bigger paddocks.  

Until the snow comes, there are a few fence posts that need to be replaced.  This is one of those chores I have been putting off all summer and there is not much decent weather left now.  I better get to work!