More news from Reno

Hi folks. Well, we are still at Reno, Nevada for the Snaffle Bit Futurity. We are starting to wind up with a little more excitement than we had a few days ago. We had the Hackamore class won with a good ride by Lance Johnston, and the Bridle class was pretty darn exciting. We had Jimmy Paul, with not only good work, but what I consider a really traditional style in his work. He had a lot of speed and a lot of control, a real true Bridle horse run. That was pretty exciting to see and he won that class going away.

 

Then we had sales during the rest of the day and we saw a lot of 2-year olds sell for a lot of money. The prices looked really good and it looks to me, without a question, if you are going to play this game and be competitive you have got to come in on the high-end of the quality as far as the type of horse you purchase. I think your destiny is pretty much decided about the same day you buy that horse. And it looks to me like there is hardly anyway you are going to compete at the upper level without a real special, special quality of horse.

 

Today, the weather has warmed up, a lot of smiling faces and old friends and meeting new friends. The trade show seems to be clicking right along and picking up a little momentum. Everybody is doing a little bit business and having fun at the same time. That’s about it for me today. Talk to you again after the finals.

 

I almost forgot the most exciting thing for me today is that they present the hall of fame members, which I am fortunate enough to be one, with diamond rings! I have seen pictures of them and they are really, really special. They are supposed to bring a limousine in the arena with us in it, and roll out a red carpet, and we apparently get to step out and get our moment in glory! So, we are all looking forward to that. I will fill you in with the rest tomorrow!