On our first fifty we travelled most of the way with a grey mare and grey
stallion. We came into each of the checks together and Mirage met criteria each
time 2-4 minutes ahead of them except for the last one. I had stopped using the
water after the second check thinking it was cooling off. Big mistake on my
part. He was hot coming into the last check because I had stopped using the
water. It took me longer to meet criteria..I think, because of it.
He also didn't like it at first when i started spraying him in transit. Now he
thinks it's great. I have since discovered he didn't like the cold water
because he was used to warm baths at the ranch he came from. Warm baths...can
you imagine!
just an opinion
Alexandra and Mirage..(only two more Saturdays of tax season left...yippppeee)