I have placed this gelding here a few times already, but the owners recently dropped his price, and I wanted to put up our newest picture of him, taken September 2008, at the NY Morgan Regional Horse Show. “Fred” was Reserve in the Ladies Pleasure Driving with a novice driver who had only gotten in the cart for the very first time this past July! He rides and drives, is Regionally titled In-hand,  and has taken victory passes in everything from Open English Pleasure to Walk and trot. He is a grand horse, fully equitated and top quality. Please call 570-553-2285 for a video. You can see more of him on www.morganshowcase.com.

I’d like to hear from anyone who has had a problem with charges from dollar rental car.

When I went to OKC this year, we paid our car rental ahead of time.  When we went to pick it up, the gentleman asked us if we wanted insurance.  We both said “NO, NY insurance covers rentals.”  We were asked for a credit card, and stated that it was already paid for.  They insisted on one anyway.

A month after OKC, on the credit card bill, a charge for almost 300.00 appeared from Dollar Rental.  The gentleman at the desk apparently added insurance onto our contract.  Being 11pm, and having emphatically refused insurance, when the gentleman pointed to three spots to intial and sign, we did not notice the garbled abbreviations which indicated insurance and checked.  “we accept/decline xyz insurance”…thinking that meant we decline, though we didn’t specifically circle the word decline.

Dollar rental is continuing to insist that we really did want insurance, despite our refusal.  In my opinion, this appears to be a very clever little scam to overcharge the customer.  I was wondering if any other Morgan people or anyone they know has had troubles with this.  Those who wish to email me privately about this may do so at colwilrin@yahoo.com.

Okay, I promise this is the last one….I think.

I really need to start dressing nicer for our horse shows. My barn jeans just arent cutting it for me anymore. I see alot of people wearing jods or saddleseat type pants. I’ve looked and looked (probably in all the wrong places) for pants that are similar to this, but aren’t show ones. I can’t find what I think I’m looking for. Do I just need to suck it up and buy the horribly uncomfortable kentucky type jods? I did find some bootcut breeches, is this what most people wear? Some help please… I feel like such a newbie.