The competitors are all back from Galway, but since they got back really, really late last night, I was on my own for the first part of the morning. Stephanie texted to let me know which horses needed to go out and who to lunge.
As I was bringing the lunge horse back to the barn, one of the girls who works there calls to me, "Hey, your turnout horse jumped out. I caught him..."
My response: "Seriously?"
So yeah. You all remember the loveable Zymon, the AWS mutt. Apparently, he can jump a 5' fence from a standstill without touching it just because he's bored of his turnout buddy and wants to go hang out with the horses in the breezeway.
Oh, and to him it's such a non-event that he just stood there and let the nice girl catch him with no fuss at all. Darling bastard.
It gets funnier. I text Stephanie: "So Zymon can jump 5'."
She responds: "I know, that's why you have to turn him out -with- somebody."
Me: "I did. Then he turned himself out alone."
Ha! Quite funny, since no one got hurt.
In other exciting news, I might get to go to Thermal. OMG!! I totally wanted to, but I assumed as 'general barn help', I would be relied upon to stay home and take care of things. Nope, they want a groom.
Excuse me while I happy dance.
Jealous! Thermal is going to be a blast (crossing fingers that you do get to go)!
ReplyDeleteWhat a silly boy! Guess you need to find the right horse to keep him amused. *G*
ReplyDeleteHad to look up Thermal...looks like it would be a blast!
Thermal is what now?
ReplyDeleteAnd heee. Zymon is so cute. ;)
Sorry--Thermal is a Hunter/Jumper A show in CA. We'd be going early next year.
ReplyDeleteZymon is so cute. He sounds like an awesome horse.
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