From the Horses’ Mouth

Howdy Friends!

As I told ya’ last month we are set for all of our September shows. We held our August meeting at the Legion Hall,
Thank You Mr. C. for the key, it works great, and thems some sharp looking tables and new front door!!

I would like to Thank the American Legion for their continuing support of our club!!

We discussed arena improvements at our meeting, and I spoke with Mr.Findell at City Hall, who was happy to help with advice. We, as most of you know, have a drainage problem during periods of heavy rain, and this is not only dangerous to our riders, but it makes the arena look bad!! We would like to remedy this. We also discussed a Roping Practice Night at the arena. On Thursday nights from 7:30PM - 9:30PM a small group of riders, and roping steers would be out in the arena learning the skills of steer roping.

I think our neighbors might enjoy watching us attempting to learn the native cracker skills. Spectators are free, and always welcome, but please keep the loud laughter down to a small roar!!! There will be no roping on our meeting nights! This is of course subject to approval of our City, please wish us Luck , and let them know if you support this endeavor!!

The Fall season is upon us, but the temperature shows no signs of cooling off!! Sooo... please remember that the insect problem is bad and to treat your horses with care! A fresh water supply, regular deworming and shot program will help with the diseases like Encephalitis, and now the West Nile Virus (WNV) which is carried by the mosquito, so please protect your livestock!! LeFils Feeds in Lake Helen has information sheets available on the Hoof and Mouth & West Nile Virus. Stop by, buy your feed and supplies, and make sure you know what’s going on with these diseases!!

Thank You for Your continuing support!

May The Horse Be With You!