This week marks the beginning of horse shows season and the start of our hectic travel schedules. No more lazy weekends catching up on a good book, seeing all the Oscar movies or skiing until your legs fall off. No, we now pick up where we left off in the fall and step back into our carnie lifestyle (which we are thankful for of course!) and get back on the road leaving behind any kind of “normal” life we thought we had.
Winter has drug on at a nauseating slow pace, the horse hair will not shed fast enough and the grass cannot turn green quick enough for those of us that dread the long, cold, dark winter months. But hallelujah!! Spring has sprung with the daffodils and tulips budding, the birds chirping and the tack trunks being cleaned out and re-packed for the first shows of the season.
For us at Freedman’s, that means our first horse show of the season is now as well. Live Oak Combined Driving Event starts next week in Ocala, FL and we will have harness in tow as well as our newest collection of spring colored hand bags and other leather necessities. We look forward to the first show of the season as much as the rest of our carnie friends for the road never seems to be too long when there is a horse show to go to.
Good luck to everyone on a safe and successful show season!
