A Baby Boomer Dreams of Arabian Horses - Rhythm's Story at Tommy Garland - It's Horse Show Time!

Rhythm's Story starts here

I know you all were expecting to hear about the horse show last weekend and those posts are coming. But I need to get this update on the red Arabian horse and his new owner posted before it becomes past tense! Looking back through my posts, I can't see that I even posted about Brittany's week visiting her Arabian horse at Tommy Garland's. I think maybe I was waiting on pictures but it turned out that there were no usable pictures.

I do have video that I received on a DVD recently but still haven't figured out how to get a portion of it loaded onto my computer. I'm pretty sure that the hour long dvd it a bit much for UTube. It sucks being computer illiterate sometimes. I will continue to try to get that figured out. For now, let's just say the trip was fruitful. I will post information on the trip and other developments in a future post.

In the meantime the show clothes arrived from Show Season's at the end of last week. For some reason the pictures darkened when I optimized them for use on my blog but the fabrics are the colors of the swatches I loaded on More from Rhythm's Mommy - What Do You Think? So while they look more beige here the background really is sand colored and the check on the bottom is very subtle.



Also during the last week, Brittany's cowboy hat arrived. It is sand colored as well and is a perfect match. Brittany was also able to locate and purchase a Phil Harris western saddle so the pair would be decked out in enough crystals and sterling silver to fit a princely pair. All of this has come together in the nick of time.

This week is show time for the quirky gelding and his owner. Rich and Brittany Baker will travel to Syracuse, New York tomorrow for the
Empire State All Arabian Horse Show. The show begins on Friday and the horse will be shown in the open division by Greg Peak and in the amateur division by Brittany.

Rich can hardly stand the wait. He hasn't seen the Arabian gelding since he left their farm in Massachusetts in January. Rich has missed "his boy" and is worried that Rhythm might have even forgotten him.

Brittany assured her dad that there's no way the horse will forget Rich who has been his primary caretaker since he arrived at Black Horse Farm. Brittany said Rhythm recognized her immediately when she arrived at Garland's so there's no way he could possible forget Rich.



Brittany giggles and says the fact that Rich has been the horse's major source of treats won't hurt either. Personally it's been my experience that they never forget. I'm sure Rich will be greeted warmly by the gelding searching his pockets for peppermints, the number one treat Rich has introduced to the horse who never saw anything anymore exotic than carrots or apples on my farm. I know that Rich plans to have a pocketful of the new treat that Rhythm now craves.

Brittany and Rich have promised me updates from the show. Rich is armed with his big lens and his camera and will be functioning as the official photographer so that there are usable pictures for the blog. I'll post them when I get them. Anyone in the vicinity of Syracuse this weekend, feel free to drop by the show and say hello to Brittany and Rich at the Garland stalls. I know they feel this blogging community is like their extended family and they'd love to introduce you to their boy, Rhythm.



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