WEG Day 3

If it's going to rain, it might as well rain on a Monday. Monday blues and all that. But gosh, we REALLY need the rain so I guess we have to stop complaining about it.

Rain at WEG only means one thing to KHC -- where the heck are we going to put all of our stuff which USED to be out on the grass in front of the booth? So we shoved it all inside that 10 x 20 booth (as in "foaling stall" size). Then we stuffed three volunteers in on top of it... sure was cozy in there.

Crowds were light, but the people that WERE there in the morning wanted to be -- guess where -- in the booth too. The good news is that with the chilly weather we sold some fleece vests, and got to talk to people longer (they didn't want to leave...).

Mid morning Pat Parelli came over and offered us coffee. Did I tell you he and John Lyons and Lynn Palm are our neighbors here? The coffee sounded great (although I'd probably drink muddy water if it was offered by Pat Parelli). So we got to hang out with the Parelli crew. If it sounds like I'm name dropping.. OK I am. But really, it was very cool to be able to do that.

Unfortunately, our live (as opposed to dead) artist, Chuck Weber, got his coffee and immediately spilled it all over his paints. There was a visitor in the booth and he didn't make much noise, but when they left he admitted that under his breath he was saying things that would have chased away that visitor. So if today's original oil by Chuck (a Dressage horse) seems to have a nice light brown coffee tone... you know the secret.

Lynn Palm also stopped in to chat. When it gets rainy at a trade show like this, you really get to know your neighbors. Which, if your neighbors are Parelli, Palm and Lyons, is a good thing.

Our board president Madelyn whizzed past a few times (she's a volunteer golf cart driver for the disabled) and yelled (as she rounded the corners on two wheels) that her hands were getting numb. That's what she gets for doing 25 in a 5 mph zone. Staffer Essie ran off to find her some gloves. None of those $1.00 stretch knit gloves at WEG, of course... instead she ended up with $42.00 Ariat Thinsulate gloves. If she tips that cart, at least she won't skin her knuckles.

Ok, OK, this is supposed to be about horses, right? Hmmmm, did I see a horse today?

Jeff Caldwell from SAHIBA (let's see if I get this right: Society of Arabian Horses in the Bluegrass Area) dropped in... did you know the Arabian group is selling $10 raffle tickets for an Arabain horse.... I'll end this blog with a shameless promotion for their raffle:

Legendary breeder Bazy Tankersley donated Al-Marah Don Quixote (AM Power Raid +++/ x AM Honor Thestar), a 15.2-hand 2003 grey gelding and promising endurance, sport horse prospect for raffle. The gelding was picked especially for his gentle disposition, suitable for a first-time horse owner. For a $10 raffle ticket, the public gets a free t-shirt, four issues of Modern Arabian Horse, and their name is entered into a drawing to win the grand prize. The grand prize includes Al-Marah Don Quixote, a saddle donated by Kentucky Horse Supply and Circle Y and a three month supply of Succeed and Nutrena Feed. Raffle tickets will be on sale at the new Al-Marah Arabian Horse Galleries, a new wing at the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Galleries, made possible in part by a large donation from Tankersley opened in June, coinciding with the opening of A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse, a temporary exhibit on loan from the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation.