Who’s excited for Jubilee? Me! That’s who!

For anyone who can’t be there in person I just found out that it will be available online by the same people who bring you New England, Mass Morgan and Grand National streaming video: http://morganhorsevideos.com/. For everyone else, I’ll be in the Judge’s School, but when they let us out look for the red AboveLevel.com hat and say “Hi” if you see me. I promise I won’t bite

For those of you who don’t know, Mass Morgan is available for online viewing from MorganHorseVideos.com.  Individual days are $9.99-$12.99, you can view all Championship classes for $19.99 or the whole show for $44.99.  I’ll be posting a link to photo proofs and results here as they’re available (I already know where to find them).  Happy viewing!

Carole Mercer and her Dancing Morgans put on an exhibition at the Oregon Morgan classic a few weeks ago. Here’s the video of their performance:

And for those of us who can’t be there, online streaming video is available from Morgan Horse Videos.  You can purchase individual days, a Thursday-Saturday championship package or the whole show.

Blue Ridge Classic is also being offered for free from Horse Videos, Inc.

As always I will do my best to post show results and links to photo proofs here.

One of my favorite sites to visit when wasting time is thereifixedit.com. I hadn’t been in awhile so I decided to catch up this morning when I came across this photo.

It almost looks like saddleseat coats under that improvised shelter and it wouldn’t surprise me if a good number of you can relate.  Just like the postal service, there’s not much that will get in the way of a determined exhibitor!

For those of you who haven’t heard, you can now watch Dixie Cup LIVE from your own home, or wherever you may happen to be this weekend… that is, if you have internet access, which if you’re reading this it means you do… but I digress.  Hawk Media is heading up this project and you can go here for more information and to purchase access.  If you’re late to the party you can also watch recorded sessions.

This is kind of a random question, but I’m wondering what you guys think about use of watermarked photo proofs on websites and online advertisements? I know sometimes folks will just use a proof as a digital version for a photo they’ve already ordered, but I assume this is often not the case. Personally, whenever I see this it seems unprofessional and tacky. There also seems to be a bit of a double standard with digital v print advertising. I imagine if someone tried to use a watermarked photo in an print ad, the publication wouldn’t allow it, so why is it “allowed” in digital ads? I guess there could also be the argument that a clearly watermarked photo just serves as an advertisement for the photographer anyway.

Most of my firmly held objections are for aesthetic reasons. But I’m curious what others think. Is this usually considered acceptable?

Does anyone know who the photographer is at NEMHS this year?

Here is my yearling colt, Upnorth Alexander, having fun with his ball today.  The mark at the start of the video goes away shortly.  missy

Here is my gelding we have for sale.  Here is a short video of him under saddle and the rider is a new rider and just learining about 2 reins and draw reins so bare with her.  He goes very well and much quieter with a more confident rider.  He is offered for 5000 and is located in Northern Michigan.  He is current on coggins, vet and farrier.  Email me if you are interested.  melissarainey@charter.net  Thanks, Missy

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