7/29/17 The horses have been quite the ups and downs. Jayden has been having troubles with Ace, so she gave him a couple weeks off, did some testing at ISU, got new shoes, started a new supplement, and had a chiropractic adjustment. She takes such good care of him. This week on Tuesday she took him to a Dayton barrel race. She took 3 horses, Ace, Joker, and Moose and I went along to help her get horses ready and warm up. Ace still had issues at the gate and didn’t want to go in. He made a great run, and three nice barrels in a big pattern and ran fast. She got 3rd and was happy with him. She did lots of warm ups on Joker and ponied Moose around to get them used to things. I enjoyed riding without competing and visited with several people. There is a comradeship among barrel racers. I have done it for so many years in the past that when I come back to it, there is always familiar faces and people to catch up with. I visited with the Jacobs family about Iowa high school rodeo association