Nina's Blog

Monday, March 31, 2008

The Drought

For ages there was no rain. Absolutely no rain at all. On the 29th of March our spring dried up. No water for us to drink. No water for the stock. Brown as far as the eye could see. Our cattle, sheep and horses were getting thinner. When suddenly on the 30th of March 2008 the skies opened and down it came. RAIN! The farmers all cheered. The long waited rain had finally come. Now grass will grow stock will fatten and it will all be green once more though out the land.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

My ODES

So far I have been to 3 One Day Events.( Horse show that include dressage, show jumping and cross country)
My first ODE- At Etham Pony Club. Dressage 1st. Did pretty well for first time. Beat Connie and Sarah anyway.) Next, show jumping. What a disaster, well jumped jump no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 pretty well but jump no. 7 Te Waiata just did NOT like the look of so refused suddenly and I went flying over her head. Wheeeeeeeee! DONK! Owwww! But got back on, got her over it and carried on. Cross country last. Well started off well but got to jump no.7, Te Waiata refused. Over I go. Wheeeeeeeee! DONK! Owwww! But still carried on finished and that was the end of ODE no.1.
My second ODE-This one was at the famous Matthew Grayling’s property. Dressage 1st. Not a very good time then. Te Waiata seemed to have forgotten how to bend and canter on the right leg! But other wise pretty good. Well I was 10th out of 21 people so it must have been! Then show jumping. Well she refused 3 times so we were eliminated. Put down to 14th. After that, Cross-country. Refused 3 times again. So must have been put down to 21st. But didn’t stay for the results. End of ODE no.2
My third ODE- At Carlyle Pony Club with Connie. Dressage. 1 word. AWFUL. Got 3rd to last. Connie was last. Cross country second. (Strange huh) Got eliminated at the water jump. So did heaps of others so probably just stayed where I was. Show Jumping. For the 3rd time in Te Waiata’s life I got a clear round. At the end got 20th out of 23 people. Connie was 21st.
Well I have another ODE coming up on the 6th of April but this time on Delilah. Hope I get some where. (Probably on the ground. Remember Wheeeeeeeee! DONK! Owwww! At Etham) Well wish me luck! See ya

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Cars Should Have Never Been Invented. We Should Still Have Horses Essay.

Well to start this subject off let me tell you the main plus. Not as much global warming! Everyone knows how that would help! Another one is that people would not get sick from the fumes that a car produces. Now think about the horses! They would be exercised and healthy. What about abuse? Well there would be a person going around and checking the horses out. If they were abused then there would be consequences!
Some people that would be affected by this subject would be car manufacturers; they would not have a job. Hang on though! Look at all these other jobs around. There would be a constant demand for blacksmiths, vets, stable managers, grooms and so on. But what about people who don’t own horses already? Well………… Stables! Horse stables would have popped up everywhere. The stables would have horses and carriages. It would be like a taxi place! Or you could buy a horse and keep it at the stables.
Money…Big question. So here’s the answer. Use the money you spend on petrol, diesel, engines and wheels on your horse. Horses need brushes, bedding, tack and feed. So the $$$$ you spend on your car can go towards a living thing! (Cars are not alive!)
But some people would not know how to ride or drive. Go to your local stable and spend a little money on;
some riding lessons or
a hired driver for your carriage.
There, problem solved!
Now you would have to wake up a little earlier. So what? If you suffer from tiredness go to bed earlier! Even though you would go slower everywhere you go, it is better than speeding and getting killed or hurt. It would also teach people to be a bit more organised.
So as you have seen in my essay horses would be better than having cars, because of what I about the cost and the better living of human and horse. If this law happened everyone would be better off.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Internet games

My favourite internet games are

1.
www.horseisle.com
2.
www.runescape.com
3.
www.miniclip.com
4.
www.freeonlinegames.com

Maybe you should try some of the internet games as well!

Sunday, March 02, 2008


Hi everyone here’s a update from 2008 about me.

Now I’m 12 years old and am a yr 8. I still am crazy about horses and at the moment I am getting payed to ride Delilah but Shadow is coming soon hopefully. My best friends are still Koren and Sarah and I have and e-mail pal that lives in Tauranga! I’m starting to go ODES (One Day Events) but I never win anything! I love doing speeches and can’t wait until the nest competion! Well see ya
Nina
pic is of me and Aroha my campion calf!