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December 16, 2019December 16, 2019

LET’S PLAY CATCH UP

The months of November and December have been busy for the Kingsmeade family! Special horseshows, banquets and first timers! We are all so lucky to have friends that support each and every member and their horsey babies. Everyone is there to show their support for every rider from leadline to the derbies!!

We always enjoy our home, CFHJA shows at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center, and November was no exception! This was the last CFHJA show of the year. Everyone was very successful and Cal was worn out by it all. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Cal has at least one picture of him resting at every venue!

We were all excited to do the SFHJA Charity show in Wellington this year. They moved it to the week before Thanksgiving and there was lots of participation. We were all so excited to do this show and it was apparent. We rented houses near the horse show and some of the participants coerced Wendy Shell’s brother to fly them. Of course, Kristen Price provided some really good refreshments and there were two caddys waiting to take them to their house.

There were plenty of ribbons to go around, a silent auction and some night time fun!

The December CFHJA show is always a big hit because Friday night is the banquet. This year it was spruced up and there was a theme. Flapper was a big success. The food was good, everyone got ribbons and lots of fun and good wine.

So, there you have it!! We haven’t been letting any grass grow under our feet (pun intended) for the last two months!! But we are so glad to be home and can’t wait for Christmas to roll around. All the children are nestled all snug in their stalls…

August 29, 2019

LADIES NIGHT OUT!!

Six ladies and Jorge made the journey to the ESP horse show in Wellington. What a fun time we all had. Jorge did an incredible job with the horses and all the ladies! Everyone is always so welcoming at these shows, from office staff, in gate people as well as other trainers from the area. The ladies in the office are so nice and the small show bills keep you wanting to come back.

It was Emily’s birthday and we were all ready to celebrate! Kon Tiki was her choice for dinner and it didn’t dissapoint! Sushi and crispy duck were special and the appetizers were to die for. We were so happy to have Emily’s dad join us.

Everyone had a great show, the horses and riders were all successful. Guess that’s why we were there, but all those evenings together as a family were so fun too.

It was sad to say good bye, but we’ll see you in October!!

August 16, 2019August 17, 2019

PONY FINALS 2019!

What an awesome two weeks! Lots of old and new friends to hang out with and the ponies and kids couldn’t have been better.

The ponies overnight with our friend AJ at the Blue Skies Riding Academy in Emerson, Georgia. We stop to visit with AJ every year coming and going. She takes such good care of the horses and ponies. Sparkles loves it cause she keeps the window stall for him so he can keep watch.

Whatever it takes
to watch out for the bad guys!!

This year Kingsmeade staff took care of our ponies and six other ponies from all over the country. Bibby made the arrangements and Jorge et al did the work. We had ponies from California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and, of course, our Florida boys. It was so much fun to meet everyone and hang out.

There were lots of jumps for the kids to jump, bounce houses and of course FREE ICE CREAM! Bibby says free ice cream is the best part of pony finals. Faith Rupe jumped all the jumps everyday! All the vendors knew her and welcomed her to their establishments. The people who sold the Breyer horses and barns and minature jumps had a big barn with lots of horses and tack for the kids to play and seats for the parents to sit in to watch all the jumping. There were also some really cute rescued mini’s that everyone just loved.

Sparkles just loved all the attention he got! Everyone stopped and looked and inquired about him when he was out and about! Avery Franke hacked and jumped him and Faith Rupe did some trotting just to stretch his legs. He loved being out with the big boys and will be ready to come out Small Green for next year!!

The big week finally came and it was all up to Fred! He and Avery were 10th over all out of 160 after the model and hack! They also had a great round in the medal on Sunday!

It was sad for us to leave Bibby and Glen and all our new and old friends, but it was time to head back home.