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Our darling old gal doing her best to charm the carrots out of visitors at her stall during the Morgan county fair

Katie is getting ready for the state fair English show here in Indiana on August 13th. She is dedicated to practicing every day. Poor Galimir is taking it all in stride, but im sure she wishes she were back inthe broodmare band! Raising those babies has to be so much easier than teaching a 11 year old girl to ride!!
July 24, 2010
On their first attempt at completing the granddaddy of all endurance rides, Deb and Ranger succeed in completing the Tevis in under 24 hours. 100 miles of Sierra Nevada mountain range. One horse. One rider. One monumental accomplishment. 250 entries, 93 completions. Deb and Ranger came in 77th of those 93 overall. After the awards ceremony, we will know how well they placed against first time entrants.
Congratulations to Deb Searle and WOA Ravens Premier + (Ranger). I cannot be more proud of what you have accomplished with this boy!
Arthur Davidson in HeavenArthur Davidson, of Harley Davidson Motorcycle Corporation, died and went to heaven. At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur, “Since you've been such a good man and your motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is this; you can hang out with God.” St. Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room, and introduced him to God. Arthur then asked God, “Hey, aren't you the inventor of woman?” God said, “Ah, yes.” “Well,” said Arthur, “professional to professional, you have some major design flaws in your invention:
1. There’s too much inconsistency in the front-end protrusion.
2. It chatters constantly at high speeds.
3. Most of the rear ends are too soft and wobble too much.
4. The intake is placed way too close to the exhaust.
5. The maintenance costs are outrageous.”
“Hmmm, you may have some good points there,” replied God. “Hold on.” God went to his Celestial Super Computer, typed in a few words and waited for the results. The computer printed out a slip of paper and God read it. “Well, it may be true that my invention is flawed,” God said to Arthur, “but according to these numbers, more men are riding my invention than yours….”!Received via email – author – unknown.
via Jokes and Other Fun Stuff.
Washing The Dog
A young boy was at the grocery store picking out a pretty good size box of laundry detergent.
The grocer walked over, and, trying to be friendly, asked the boy if he had a lot of laundry to do.
“Oh, no laundry,” the boy said, “I’m going to wash my dog.”
“But you shouldn’t use this to wash your dog. It’s very powerful and if you wash your dog in this, he’ll get sick. In fact, it might even kill him.”
But the boy was not to be stopped and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it, even as the grocer still tried to talk him out of washing his dog.
About a week later the boy was back in the store to buy some candy. The grocer asked the boy how his dog was doing.
“Oh, he died,” the boy said.
The grocer, trying not to be an I-told-you-so, said he was sorry the dog died but added, “I tried to tell you not to use that detergent on your dog.”
“Well,” the boy replied, “I don’t think it was the detergent that killed him.”
“Oh? What was it then?”
“I think it was the spin cycle!”
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“Life’s Reflections”
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
I’m not into working out. My philosophy is no pain, no pain.
I’m in shape. Round is a shape.
I’m desperately trying to figure out why Kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
Ever notice when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you, but when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window?
Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
You have to stay in shape. My mother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now and we have no idea where she is.
I have six locks on my door, all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three of them
One out of every three Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you.
They show you how detergents take out bloodstains. I think if you’ve got a T-shirt with bloodstains all over it, maybe your laundry isn’t your biggest problem.
A lady came up to me on the street, pointed at my suede jacket and said, “Don’t you know a cow was murdered for that jacket?” I said, “I didn’t know there were any witnesses. Now I’ll have to kill you too”.
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Smart Dogs
Four men were bragging about how smart their dogs are. The first man was an engineer, the second man was an accountant, the third man was a chemist and the fourth was a government worker. To show off, the engineer called to his dog. “PC, do your stuff.” PC trotted over to a desktop PC, grabbed the mouse in his mouth and promptly drew a circle, a square and a triangle. Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.
But the accountant said his dog could do better. He called his dog and said, “Tax Break, do your stuff.” Tax Break went into the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into four equal piles of three cookies each. Everyone agreed that was good. But the chemist said his dog could do better. He called his dog and said “Measure, o your stuff.” Measure got up, walked over to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10-ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 oz. Without spilling a drop. Everyone agreed that was good.
Then the three men turned to the government worker and said “What can your dog do?” The government worker called to his dog and said coffee Break, do your stuff.” Coffee Break jumped to his feet, ate the cookies, drank the milk, dumped on the computer keyboard, sexually assaulted the other three dogs, claimed he injured his back while doing so, filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions, put in for Worker’s Compensation and went home on sick leave.
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Then some schmuck tells you if you blow yourself up things all get better.
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Secrets to Making a Marriage Last
We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in Sydney and mine is in Melbourne.
I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
I married Miss Right. I just didn’t know her first name was Always.
I haven’t spoken to my wife for 18 months. I don’t like to interrupt her.
The last fight was my fault. My wife asked, “What’s on the TV?”…. I said, “Dust!”
Why do men die before their wives? ‘Cause they want to’.
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Crashing:
Remember riding isn’t inherently dangerous…crashing is.
Fuel:
The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.
Too Slow:
No one has ever hit something too slow.
Getting Hit:
They can’t hit you if you’re not there.
Your Brain:
Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn’t go five seconds earlier.
Going Forward:
It’s always a good idea to keep the headlight end going forward as much as possible.
Looking:
Keep looking around. There’s always something you’ve missed.
This is a really cool site that has the horse’s skeleton and muscle structures painted onto a real horse. A neat way to visualize anatomy.
Galimir’s 1997 gelding, WOA Ravens Premier+ has done it again! Another Top Ten at the AHA Nationals distance rides. Here he is on the cover:
**PHOTOS REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT** Deb will send personal photos to replace them with.
I am SO proud of this boy. We sold him as a 2 year old to a girl who planned to ride him in endurance. She had to sell him, and sold him to Deb. That was 2001. Deb has taken him for 2000 competitive trail ride miles, and three Top Ten CTR titles at the AHA Nationals. Deb reports that he is very close to receiving his next achievement award: Legion of Supreme Honor !
Way to go Deb and Ranger!
By the way, do you know what the little “+” and “+/” and all the other little “+” and “/” combinations mean? Wonder no more! Here’s the AHA’s details on the achievement recognition symbols used behind the horse’s name:
ARTICLE 2111. AWARDS AND THEIR SYMBOLS
1. In the event the title Legion of Honor, Legion of Supreme Honor, Legion of
Excellence, Legion of Merit, Legion of Supreme Merit, Legion of Masters is
awarded, a proper letter of certification and a plaque shall be prepared and
forwarded to the owner of that horse and also a proper notation shall be
made on the records of AHA and published. In order to receive an award and
symbol, the horse must be currently enrolled in the Achievement Awards
program and the owner must be a current AHA member.
2. The following are the awards and their symbols. These symbols should be
written after the horse’s name.
a. Legion of Honor = “+”
b. Legion of Supreme Honor = “+/”
c. Legion of Merit = “++”
*d. A horse that wins a Legion of Supreme Honor and a Legion of Merit =
“++/”
e. Legion of Supreme Merit = “+++”
*f. A horse that wins a Legion of Supreme Honor and a Legion of
Supreme Merit = “+++/”
g. Legion of Excellence = “+//”
*h. A horse that wins a Legion of Merit and a Legion of Excellence = “++//”