Kim Hadwen: NOVEMBER 2020

At the 11th hour

On the 11th day

Of the 11th month

REMEMBER

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Well, November has rolled around and if you follow this blog at all you will notice I have skipped October. I must have had a premonition of this as I wished a Happy Thanksgiving to all in the September blog.

Looking back now October seems almost a blur. Lots was going on everyday farm wise and Real Estate wise. We were also training our 2 year old Belgian filly "Delilah" for the Fall Futurity Competition in Listowell. Our daughter had taken this on as her project all summer and saw it through to show time!

The competition involves a Halter Line Class, Obstacle Course and Cart Class. It pits Belgians, Percherons and Clydesdales against one another. There are 3 Judges (usually representatives from all 3 breeds) and they all judge independently from one another until the last event has been run. Totals are then tallied and the winner presented. We had the great fortune of winning this event last year (see November 2019 blog) with our mare Ruby, trained and shown by our farrier Jeremy Tingey and family. Jeremy has successfully competed in this Futurity almost since its beginning approximately 12 years ago, winning several times and placing near the top the other times!

This year Jeremy had chosen 2 year old "Cruze" from our barn to compete with and finished in 4th place over all out of 16 competitors - well done Jeremy and family.

Our daughter with Delilah finished 14th over all and for their first ever Futurity did a fantastic job! The highlight being a 7th place finish out of the 16 in the difficult Obstacle Course section - well done Carrie and Delilah!

Well the last days of October ended with a bit of the white stuff on the ground one afternoon and as we entered November we were blessed with a wonderful few days in a row of VERY warm and lovely weather. We will carry the memory of these into the fall/winter as the days grow colder.

Below are a couple of recent horse photos. First is of 1 and a half year old's Gunner and Frankie. They will be next years Futurity Competitors. They have been the best of friends since birth.