Bedford, New York!

First of all, let me apologize for not posting in a while. Thanks everyone who has been following my posts! Things have been crazy since I got to New York. We pulled out of the Kentucky Horse Park around 7 AM Monday morning.  The drive from Lexington to Bedford went smoothly but took longer than expected and we arrived at Sunnyfield Stables 14 hours later. Cookie had an unexpected trailer mate for the haul to Sunnyfield. We took a horse belonging to a student of Lendon's that was competing at the NAJYRC as well. Monday night was a late one, we didn't get checked into the hotel until midnight. I drove my mom to the airport at 6:30 Tuesday morning, stopped by Lendon's house to drop off my bags, and then it was on to my first day at Sunnyfield.

The first day was kind of hectic meeting everyone and learning the ropes but today (being my third day) I feel fairly close to being settled in. I've met all of the grooms, clients, and other working students and everyone has been very helpful and nice. I'm still trying to learn all of the horses by name and by stall but with 50+ horses it might take me a while. A typical day for me so far had been getting to the barn around 7 AM and doing barn chores and riding until about 4 or 5. From there I head back to Lendon's house and help her with filing and house chores. The days are long but I'm loving it here. The weather is perfect, low 80's and sunny, everyone I work with is great, and it's so beautiful here! There only thing I could do without are the biting flies. Lendon left today for a clinic and will be back Monday. I took my first lesson with her yesterday, and will start posting notes from my lessons on my blog as well. That's it for now, I'm off to bed. Goodnight!