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Location: Texas | Wow! We had a terrific time at the dressage show in Shawnee Oklahoma last weekend. The ladies won lots of ribbons. The guys were able to break the tension with an occaisional cold beer. The excitement really started on the way back to Texas: One of the ladies had put wood shavings in her trailer to cushion the ride and soak up whatever falls to the floor of the trailer. About 30 miles south of Okla City the trailer burst into flames from a cigarette. Don't know if it was from a passing car or if one of the horses was smoking. When we saw the smoke we stopped but the horses were gone . . . apparently they fell out of the back of the trailer several miles earlier. We were almost stranded because we didn't have a directory to tell us where we could buy diesel and no one had a CB radio to call one of you and get directions to a truck stop. We got going again and ran up to 95 mph on the downside of the Arbuckle Mountains because we didn't have a brake controller. You should have seen the truck pulling a pontoon boat that passed us at 130! The good new is that we made it home before the trailer rusted apart! Have a great week. roll on |
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Location: Northern IN. | Rollin' Boy, did that give me a mental picture, LOL, kinda reminded me of some trips I've been on.... if it CAN go wrong, it WILL! Glad to hear all had fun and are safe, talk to ya later.... |
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Location: Texas | At least we didn't run out of cold adult refreshments at the show! 
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Location: Odenville, Alabama | too Funny!! |
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Location: Grundy Center, IA | At first I felt really bad when reading about your expereience, as I was one of the people that recommended putting sawdust down, but then I realized that the horses fell out of the trailer anyway, so that eased my pain. Of course your super-duper Blue Moon trailer survived the trip just fine, I bet they'll sell a lot more of those now. You know how that dressage crowd is, nothing but the best! |
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| Ya know those horses all jumped out of that trailer as soon as the one horse dropped that cigarette, 'cuz they knew they was in serious trouble for smokin' in the boyz room! |
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Location: North Texas | 
Were those horses riding facing forwards or backwards? What brand was the trailer? They could have been escaping and torched the "scene of the crime." |
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Location: Highmore, SD | How did the horses fall out of the trailer? What happened to the back door latches? Are the horses ok? |
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Location: Texas | Lily, The rear doors must have opened when the hinges broke loose. You see, the hinges were bolted on . . . not welded on. Of course, the horses were not tied. I think they lowered the ramp and slid out. It was a miracle that they survived without breaking a leg! They are just fine: they wandered back to the stables on their own . . . 120 miles. Something happened while they were on the loose though; now they just want to run around barrels and trail ride. They don't seem to give a flip about dressage anymore. roll on
Edited by RollinPonies 2006-05-16 5:36 PM
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Location: Louisville, KY | I'm sorry, but not one single bit of your story seems to make sense... |
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Location: Western Washington | Really RP, quit teasing..... great time at dressage? |
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Location: Kansas | He DID say there was beer!  |
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Location: Highmore, SD | Yeah, and I think he's still a little tipsy... |
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Location: Louisville, KY | Either that...or...my guess is that he's tryin to win the prize for best tall tale...(???/NQS) |
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Location: Texas | haflingers, Yes, we had a terrific time at the Oklahoma Dressage show in Shawnee Oklahoma. Terrific people, nice facility and the ladies won lots of ribbons. I am looking forward to going up there again! roll on |
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Location: Texas | Ms Trailer, Remember that the opposite of gravity is levity! roll on |
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Location: Northern IN. | Why do I get the feelin' that Ms.Trailer wasn't around for the infamous "Blue-Moon trailer trip"... as it would later be refered too by all those that followed that wonderful tale of suspense, luck, and intruigue.... |
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Location: Louisville, KY | That must have been a bit before my time, I guess... 
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Location: Coconut Creek, FL | Hey Ms Trailer - the Blue Moon trailer saga is a classic - do a search, grab a cold one, some munchies and enjoy. We ALL look forward to Rollin's stories. Musta used a different trailer on the dressage trip as a Blue Moon trailer would never rust.... Keep the stories coming, Rollin. |
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Location: Louisville, KY | Hmm. I might just have to do that this weekend...Y'all have sparked my curiosity. |
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Location: Grapeland, Texas | Ms Trailer, do look that up. I was just browsing when I found it. It is a hoot!!! |
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Location: Delta, B.C. Canada | MsTrailer, Yes, do look it up. I haven't read it in a while and just browed and found it, it's brightened up my day at work. Check out the "any advice .. definitely need some". |
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Location: Louisville, KY | Should I wait until I am at home and have "proper refreshments??"
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Location: KY | yes. |
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Location: Louisville, KY | OK...had a chance to read the Blue Moon Story...ahh...the puzzle fits together. I'm feeling blonder then usual at the moment! Actually, I had read the first post of two and slightly thought it was the JesseJames freak again (sorry!). Now that I read the ENTIRE 4 PAGES it all makes sense. WHOA what an imagination!! 
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Location: THE GREAT NORTHWET, OREGON(THE REAL GODS COUNTRY) | WHOOPS.....WONDERED WERE THAT CIGARETT WENT !!! PROBABLY THE PENETRATIN OIL YA PUT ON THE RUSTY HINDGE, ATE ALL THE RUST OFF AND NUTHIN LEFT TO HOLD IT ON ! GOD I MISS BALLEN WIRE. THAT PLASTIC STRING STUFF WONT HOLD NUTHEN. COULD OF BEEN A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. YA COULD GO AFTER THEM FOR COMPENSATION IF THE COMPANY HADN'T WHENT BANKRUPT BACK IN 1901. ALLWAYS PUT ROLLERSKATES ON YOUR HORSES JUST IN CASE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN. POOR HORSES I WOULD HAVE SET THE TRAILER ON FIRE AND JUMPED OUT TOO IF SOMEONE MADE ME GO TO DRESSAGE (GOTTA WASH MY FINGER NOW, GET THAT WORD OFF IT) |
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Location: Texas | SLICKRNSNOT, That's a terrific user name you got there buddy. It really seems to fit . . . shows lots of creativity and a sharp wit. It must have taken you a long, long time to come up with that jewel! Did you have any help or did you come up with it all by yourself? I want to thank you for sharing your opinion about dressage. I could hardly rest without knowing how you felt about my family's hobbies and interests. So sorry about your finger: hope you found a good disinfectant for it. Here is a little computer hint for you: You might try hitting the "caps lock" key on your key board before you type next time. roll on
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Location: Western Washington | My apologies RP, have a great deal of respect for dressage. H4M |
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| RollinPonies just thought that you should know, that there is more than one dressage rider here. |
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Had a great time . . .
