GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS PART TWO

So... to finish the story...

That afternoon I had 2 Sport Horse under saddle classes. Coco worked a lot better- he's still a bit "green" as far as the show ring goes- doesn't like horses getting too close to him, etc. But the judge obviously liked him because despite a few minor errors, she place us 2nd out of 8 and 5th out of 12! Both placings give us the needed point to qualify for the nationals in those classes! We were very happy.

Here's Coco (the grey horse) and me at the trot.

A picture of part of the class line up waiting for the awards to be announced.

But my happiness is short-lived until we can diagnose what's going on with Coco.

Later that evening, we were at the Saturday evening Stake Conference Adult session and ran into an old friend. She had heard about Coco's problem and let me know they were having this special horse vet out to look at some of their horses. He does chiropractics and acupunture for horses.

So on Thursday, Dr. Monroe took a look at Coco and diagnosed a possible hip injury. He gave him an acupuncture treatment (I'm not kidding) and said to walk him every day for 20 minutes for the next two weeks, then he'll check him again to see what kind of progress is being made. Horses are very hard to diagnose, so this is only a guess, but hopefully it is the issue and he can get better sooner than later.

This week we've been SLAMMED at work- so Tom & I have been in the office 12-16 hours every day. Except for Wednesday- we had a business meeting and then a training session down in Provo with a possible client.

And now Spring is here and the yard work begins. We also need to get the Center ready for the first of June to start renting.