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Maggie,
Tell Mary "congrats" for me and "well done!" AHAM 2003 was where I 
received my first ribbon/placing in my endurance riding. It was third 
out of 3 riders but I was so thrilled to receive it I almost cried!

I'm glad Malik and Max are okay. I've been there myself, it all happens 
so fast it seems like hours when it actually happens in minutes! I'm 
sure you will be going down the trail together again soon.

Kari Hanes
Montalee Arabians
Holton, MI

Maggie Mieske wrote:

> In any case, all is well that ends well. Our horses are alive and home in
> their pastures as is Rita's (at least I haven't heard otherwise and she
> already had a call in to her own vet before she left camp to check her horse
> when she arrived home). We were able to put back, we hope, some of what we
> received from others.
>
> Mary and Badar won their first LD and their first Best Condition. (Her ride
> story will follow eventually.) There may have been only 3 entered in the LD
> that day but Mary and Badar performed as a team, took care of each other and
> finished the ride in FINE form. My sister (who is much older than I am, by
> the way) and this filly are going to be contenders when they start doing
> 50s. Badar has the ability to go fast and gets good vet scores but Mary is
> riding smart and learning her own and her horse's capabilities and
> limitations. I am so proud of both of them that I could bust. Gene Dake has
> no idea how much that blanket she was awarded means to her. It is a
> validation unlike any other. Those two are awesome. Mary is my hero and
> Badar is more than just an offspring of Malik (gotta get a plug in there for
> the old man, stupid idiot that he is). What journeys and joys we have before
> us!!!!
>
> And for those who wondered, Malik spent the rest of the weekend tied to the
> trailer unless we were physically present and awake. He never offered again
> to look unkindly on Max though I did reconfigure the fence with about 5 feet
> between them. Nelson has already devised his plan for a set of panels about
> 5 feet high.I am also voting for a picket, a hi-tie, hobbles, panels AND an
> electric corral around all of that!!!!
>
> Malik and Max both trotted off in their pastures as close to sound as you
> can get in spite of their owies. There is still no swelling two days later
> though Malik doesn't like it much if we palpate those stitches. I didn't
> poke him too hard though I hope he doesn't soon forget.
>
> Miles of Smiles,
> Maggie Mieske
> mmieske@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://arabianquest.com/samaha_arabians.htm
> "So many of our dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable."
> Christopher Reeve
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