November Updates

Well, I'm sure most people have found out, but just in case- Scotsgrove is on Facebook as is Ms. Leslie. So be sure to Friend and Like us to receive updates and stuff!

Jumping Branch is this weekend and Leslie and Katie are going with Echo and Bill. So wish them luck! Lessons will still be going on with Lindsey and Laurie.

Hickory Top is coming up on December 4th and even if you aren't signed up on a horse a bunch of us are going down to cheer Team Scotsgrove on. Check out around the barn to see who is available for carpooling.

Our own Hunter Pace is January 8th to raise money for creating more and better cross country courses. It's really a community effort to pull this off, so be sure to talk to Leslie about volunteering and riding.

I'm still looking for pictures for the website! If you have some pictures from Scotsgrove that you are particularly proud of, email Gwen at scotsgrove@gmail.com and I'll see what I can do! Currently, I'm looking for some updated (horizontal format) pictures of Tricks, Erin, Johnny, Molly, and Gibberish, but anyone is acceptable!

Remember we also love to have Guest Bloggers. If you've got a story to tell or a special event, email me (the email address above) and we'll get it on the Whinny!

-Gwen

Barn News from Leslie!

Boo! Who does this adorable pumpkin belong to?

Tuesday night at 7 is the Middle Tyger Ruritan dinner meeting. Please RSVP to me or to Patti Kunz if you are coming! Hope to see you there!

Oct 24 is Green Creek Hunter Pace. I believe we have everything that is sound and old enough to ride signed up to go. I'm taking 6, Raggedy Ann is taking 4 of mine and 2 of theirs, and Autreys are bringing one of mine with Missy!  I do have 2 riders who have asked for horses, so if anyone's plans change, please let me know!

Oct 30 is our Halloween Gymkhana and Potluck dinner at the house after!  Costume class, ( be careful that the costume does not billow or make noise!), Ride a Card, Musical Stalls, Egg and Spoon, and Haunted Jump Course. Starts at 2:30 and goes until whenever! Bob and I will do a roast of beef. I do not organize potlucks any further than that!

Nov 13 is our horseshow, with classes for everyone! 

Famous Brat!

A Scotsgrove birthday that had a surprise in store- with Brat giving her best for the camera and resulting in this picture getting on the news the other day!

Happy 10th Birthday Sarah!

Hunter Pace

Thank you ALL for a wonderful Pace! It takes a cast of thousands to put this on and make it successful, and you did! We had 107 riders, some went more than once, so more rounds!

Jan has just posted all results on the Western Carolinas Hunter Pace site, but all our kids went Trail Rider division as none of the horses were fit to go Field Hunter, and most horses had to go twice!  Her photos will be posted in a day or two!

(photo by Emi McGee)

The winners of the Trail Rider Division were Abby and Sarah B., posting a time just 45 seconds off the average of the middle half of the entrants' times. A four man team from Holly Springs Stables stood second, just 2 seconds behind them! Caitlyn and Gwen were forth! And Katie, Sidney and Simran were sixth place!

Middle Tyger Ruritans meet the 2nd Tues of the month for a dinner meeting and would love to host ALL our volunteers as a Thank you! Please RSVP to me so that we have enough food!  I would love to see and thank each of you again! We have some heroes - it is a LONG day, and Kathy baked 200 cookies for the lunch!  You are definitely the greatest barn family in the world!

~Leslie

Hunter Pace

Dear Barn Family,

While I had hoped to make lesson horses available for no charge for our hunter pace, I find that some are going to need shoes, and many are going to need extra grain and electrolytes to do what we are going to ask them to do on Sept 11. Most are going twice round the course- that's 16 miles total!

So for both our pace and those of you going up to the Green Creek Hunter Pace, there will have to be a $10 charge for horse use. I trust that is not enough to inconvenience anyone and that we will all be able to turn out for one or the other!  

Thank you for your understanding! 

Leslie

Hunter Pace Flyer

The First Pace on the Western Carolinas' Hunter Pace Circuit!

Middle Tyger Ruritans' Hunter Pace

to benefit

Southeastern Children's Home Therapy Riding

September 11 (Saturday)                       9am to 2pm ride times

September 18 (Rain Date)

Organizers: Bob and Leslie Scott          864-877-9392

We would like to welcome you to Scotsgrove for this event. Trails are through the woods, fields, and orchards, with some cross country jumps, and NO water crossings. Lunch is included! There will be a prize for the best Field Hunter preformance by a member of the hunt!

For directions please see the website's direction page: here!

Parking will be in a paddock. Please do not drive behind the barn as there is a septic system!

Entry fee is $30.00 for riders (includes lunch!) and lunch for non-riders is $6.00

Our day at the Zoo!

Last Saturday dawned with overcast skies, muggy temperatures, but without the heat that has been plaguing the Upstate recently. Luckily it seemed the rain that was forecast was going to hold out on us. We were greeted into the Zoo by the "howling monkeys" and set up our booth right across from their cage. We were sure they were amused by this new entertainment.
After setting up, we had a brief half hour to eat some breakfast, change outfits, rehearse what we were going to say, and wait patiently for our backup crew to arrive. At 10 the gates opened and at first we were discouraged that no one was filing through and then one family trickled through. They gave us the heads up, they had skipped the first booths, it was crazy, lines backed up for 30 minutes, brace yourselves! And soon after we were slammed with people!
It was amazing the amount of people that came through! Most were there for the zoo or the free ice cream or both, and some stayed and expressed interest in our barn which was awesome. My sis and I fell into the routine of bringing people in and getting people to talk to us. It was a lot of fun. Soon our reserves arrived! Emi, her boyfriend, and Sydney decked out in tie-dyes from camp and ready for anything. We handed them a stack of brochures and set them off to enjoy the zoo, bombard people with brochures, and in general let people know about us. Our second reserve team, Sabine and Becca, arrived a bit later and proceeded to make a sign for us and help supply us with food and extra hands. Ah, the awesomeness of the barn family at work!
By 11:45 over 4,000 people had shown up for the event, and the sticker/report card/free ice cream fell through. So we lured people in with our awesome pony stickers and just being awesome in general. It thankfully came to a steady, but not crazy, stream of people by lunch time and we were really able to get to know some of our guests.
By 3 things tapered to a close as admission was being charged again, so we broke camp early and started heading back to the truck. (This time with a hand cart and not our huge truck!) Just as we started heading back home the clouds opened up and the rain started to pour! Just in time.
All in all, the zoo was a blast and hopefully we'll see some new riders come of it. And if you entered the raffle, Leslie should be letting the winners know sometime this week!

~Gwen