~A life of Christmas Trees and bounces~

The Kaboom Eventing boyz are kickin up the dirt and preparing for some recognized shows!
Though, 1st on the list is the Frederick's Eventing Clinic this weekend at Denton Creek Farms with “small but fierce” Mr. Scary. Thankfully I pulled out the ol' Christmas Tree for The Scare Master to practice over last weekend so he has had a recent jump school. The weather was so frightful in North Texas this week (freezing conditions and 4 inches of rain) that the boys enjoyed 7 days off snuggled up in blankies and jammies--but their break is over and show preparation continues on at Fortnight!

I'm also proud to announce that Boomer conquered his first real jump school and a bit of galloping with no soundness issues following. Boomer is a bounce specialist and he celebrated his return to jumping by, as usual, engaging in a 15 foot canter step and leaving a stride out on the way in to the gymnastic. The boy hasn’t missed a beat! Good ol’ Boom is back.

I hopped on the kids yesterday afternoon to see if there were any rusty edges after the week off. Boomer was super, though he is still very spooky. I started out with a cooler over his back, after a bit of warm up I walked him over to the jumps, pulled the cooler off while mounted and hung it on a standard. 10 minutes later he noticed that there was something odd on a jump standard! Ya don’t say Boomer!? He was so petrified that even when I tried to trot away from the jumps he would spin around to face the hanging cooler and snort like a dragon. I had to dismount and move the silly drape to relieve his anxiety.

Scary was wonderful, as usual, but rather annoyed that Boomer was chosen to be ridden 1st. The little man is such an enthusiastic worker. Riding him after a week off was like trying to have a conversation with a genius toddler suffering from ADD. I’ll be sure to ride him every day this week so that when we arrive at the Frederick’s Clinic on Friday his mind is at peace and he can engage his brain in work rather than bubbling excitement.













Over and out from Wertz. See you all on Monday morning for some Team Fredericks pictures!
All photos taken by Tommy Weekes 1/24/10.

The Kaboom Eventing boys start the 2010 season off with a BANG!

1/17/2010 marked the first outing of the season for Scary (Harry Houdini) and Boom (Kaboom) at Willow Draw in Weatherford, TX.
BN CT: Scary has officially graduated from BN. He scored a 25.5 in dressage and left all the SJ rails up to post his 1st win of the year. Scary also scored his first 9!
Dressage Training Level Test 4: Kaboom is not back in full work just yet but we took him out to play in the dressage area because he becomes very upset when left at home. I booted him up into a frame for a few minutes and scored a 68% which was good enough for 2nd place.

CONGRADULATIONS BOYS!

OUR NEXT COMPETITION WILL BE THE WILLOW DRAW CT SERIES (#2) IN ONE MONTH. SCARY WILL COMPETE IN THE NOVICE DIVISION AND KABOOM'S DIVISION IS TENTATIVE.

Pony Drops proudly presents~

Pony Drops and Kaboom Eventing proudly present:
The new Kaboom Logo Horse to go with the Kaboom Eventing logo!
© 2010 Emily Mullins and Kristen Wertz
Created by artist Emily Mullins. Emily has two very unique art techniques: pony drops and line drawings. The Kaboom horse evolved from one of Kaboom's jumping pictures and integrates Emily's line drawing method. I filled in the design for added effect.

The Logo horse is used on the Kaboom Eventing site as the blogspot link. Also, it will be added to the left sleeve of my polo shirts. I am also thinking of having stall guards made for horse shows that sport both logos together.

Harry Houdini and Kristen are in the stallion addition of COTH!

And as always we ask: WHAT ARE YOU RIDING?!?
Harry is pictured center page and also at the top right (halt/salute).
These pictures were taken at Scary's first schooling HT. He scored a 28 in dressage and pulled one rail in SJ (it was the first course of his lifetime). He ran clean XC. We are so proud of the lil 4 year old.

Finally a white Christmas in Texas!

I rallied the folks at 8am Christmas Day for snow pictures! Boomer is not to be trusted, the TB does come out in him every so often--so I pulled Scary from his stall for a little bare back frolic. On the way out my mother busted her butt on the ice in front of the barn (she was sprawled out like the little kid in "A Christmas Story" rolling around unable to get up! lol). When she fell Boomer went nuts spinning and squealing like a pig. Scary only pulled a boot'n'scoot so I was able to stay atop. Though he almost lost me later in the ride when he leaped over a slush puddle.

A snow covered Fortnight Ranch!

Scary preparing for a launch!