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I now have another hero. I don’t know who all of the well-known trainers are yet since I’m new to all of this. But at the futurity, I was able to learn and see them all together, under one roof, riding their hearts out. One man, stood out for me, over all the others, Ken Wold. That guy can ride! He was spectacular to watch. I don’t know what it is that makes one rider stand out from all of the other incredible riders, but Mr. Wold has whatever that is. He was magic.

This is one of his rides during the futurity with Playgirls Miss Grace. You can tell by the crowd that I wasn’t the only one who was thrilled to watch him. I heard that he was inducted into the NRCHA hall of fame this year. Congratulations to Ken and thanks for the show! WOW!

Ken Wold’s web site is: http://www.kenwoldtrainingstables.com/

I’m home! I’m too sleepy to make the movies tonight, but wanted to post this photo because I was thinking about the fashion I saw. Ok, ok, I’m fairly certain that cowboys don’t EVER use the word fashion, but, well, what else should I call it? Maybe “cowboy style” or “cowboy gear?” Anyway, I’m not sure who he is, but does this guy have some style or what? One of the things about the futurity is you see a huge variety of cowboy fashion/gear. This guy, with matching blue horse, was the winner of fashion week in my mind.

I saw a lot of square-toed boots still, but also a lot of those tall buckaroo cowboy boots. There were a lot of men and women wearing the buckaroo boots with their pants tucked in. There were also a lot of elephant and hippo hide boots for sale, if you can believe it. They said the elephants all died of natural causes. I walked away grumbling.

I like the more unusual hats, like the traditional cowboy hats that have some crazy shape to them. I love the one this guy is wearing, but I saw this other guy wearing a palm hat that had THE COOLEST shape. I think I captured him of video. I’ll try to find it. I don’t even have a hat, but if I could find just the right one…

Al, I bought another pair of boots, and I’m actually going to wear them and retire my English ones. They’re soooo comfy. First thing I did was get some of that futurity arena dirt on them for luck. I also got a pair of Ricotti spur straps. Then I lost my mind buying NRCHA shirts. Amanda, I got the cutest hoodie and jacket with the NRCHA patch on it. Ya! I was THE BIGGEST tourist. I don’t care if I’m a big goofball. I was to excited about everything to care.

And can I say, no matter what they were wearing, rich or poor, famous or unknown, everyone was so nice. What a great group of people. I didn’t meet anyone that had a nasty attitude and best of all, I didn’t meet anyone that didn’t want to talk about horses.