Sage Riders Show

Octopelle went to his very first show today.  It was a schooling show at the Sage Riders arena in Hermiston, and he did great!  What a good boy.  I fully expected him to be a little bit nervous about things, but nah.... he could've cared less.  Marched right into the arena and got right down to business.  No funny stuff.  What a sport!  =:)  I was very proud of him.  Craig has a new digital camera, so he snapped lots of pictures.


Trotting out for halter.

Setting up for the halter class.

Chugging along in an extended trot in the english walk/trot.  (The judge commented that he really loved his trot.)

And the western pleasure walk/trot class.  Octopelle is like Tommy - when they get it right, it's totally fabulous!!!

He stayed collected up for western very nicely.  I put a green ribbon (for a young horse) in the tail so that people wouldn't ride up behind us too closely - but in all honesty, we really didn't need it.  He was totally awesome.  Not so much as a spook or fidget the entire day. 

We entered 10 classes and got two first places, which wasn't too bad.  The show didn't award ribbons though, which was okay.  It was a schooling show and we were there to work on our horsemanship skills, so awards weren't a top priority.  There were roughly 6 people per class on average (give or take for some classes), so it was a good turnout for our area.

Happy campers.



The Sage Riders arena has a seasonal pond in back, so we used it for a photo.  =:)

Re-Launch!

After some fiddling around, I finally got another facebook page up and going.  And this time it seems to be working quite good..... thank god!  On the last attempt I was getting rather frustrated with the whole process, but this time it seems to be working great without any glitches.  Yay!  =:)

https://www.facebook.com/mayfieldfarm.akhaltekes?ref=tn_tnmn

Deleted

I'll be starting a new facebook page over again sometime next month.  I had so many problems with the last attempt that I finally just threw in the towel and deleted the account.  I asked a few local friends about the issues and problems that I was having, and they told me that it's best to just start all over again.  So that's what I'll do....

Ugh

My stupid facebook page has proven to be a royal pain in the butt so far.......  I'm about 2 steps away from throwing in the towel.  There are quite a few issues that I'm trying desperately to get worked out, but it's being very difficult so far (especially for someone who is brand new to facebook, and really wasn't too fond of it in the first place....)  I'm not sure if it's just because I have a brand new account, or if it's extremely slow getting into the mainstream community, or if there are some other issues going on that are totally out of my control (bugs, ect.). 

1.  Issue number one is that nobody can find me.  I've e-mailed a few people with invites and they simply can't find me anywhere on there.  The page doesn't show up on the facebook search engine, and it won't show up on google or yahoo or anywhere else either. 

2.  The other issue is that I can't "friend" anybody.  When I'm not logged onto facebook, the "friend" button magically appears on other peoples header pages - but when I am logged into it, it's simply not there.  The "like" button is the exact same way.

3.  And finally, my profile photo will only show up on my own page - but it won't show up anywhere else when I comment on other people's pages.  No matter what I do, it will not show up - and I've tried everything on the settings and profile pages to get it worked out.  Very annoying.

If I can't get things figured out in the next week or two, I'll delete the account and just start all over again.  This has has been a somewhat frustrating experience so far....

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayfield-Farm-Akhal-Tekes/164794957019689

Facebook

Well, it finally happened.  As my husband says...... I've been sucked into "ass-book".  Ha, ha. =:)

I've recently signed up on facebook to promote our horses.  If you want to check out Mayfield Farm Akhal Tekes, we're officially on there now.  The lengthy ramblings on miscellaneous topics and chatterings will still remain on this blog, though.  This is my main spouting spot when I feel like running off at the mouth....

I can always delete the facebook account if I really hate it.

Another Corporate Decision....

I made one corporate decision around the beginning of the year, and I'm going to make another one now. 

This will be my last year as a member of the ATAA.  I was a member in 2007-2008, and then went back in 2012-2013.  This year will be the last.  I'm planning on exhibiting and promoting independently in the future, (which is basically the same thing that I'm doing now - so not much will change). 




Love this one.  So true!