Lucky Trail Stable News:

Hats off to Jessica and Tara for passing their D1 rating! They passed with flying colors and then presented their trainer with a bouquet of flowers.

A Boy and his Dog
Andrew has discovered the value of having a retriever around when you are practicing your serves.

The latest on Ashley's trainer Ralph is that he is continuing to improve. Tomorrow he is being transported to the Drake Center in Ohio. It is supposed to be a state of the art rehabilitation center renowned for its work with multiple injury trauma patients.

The Kids: Easter 2007

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Thanks!

I wanted to thank everyone for being so supportive about Ralph. So many of you have been there when Ashley and I needed to talk. We are lucky to have such caring people in our lives. The last update on Ralph's care page said:

Today was a good day in Ralph's recovery process. Ralph is now off of all the pain medications and showed much progress today. It is still a slow process but today was the first day of significant change in his activity and response level.

This was posted on April 3rd so we are optimistic that he is continuing on that path. I have decided to post Ashley's photos from the show. She works so hard that I feel I need to share these. Thanks again to all of you!

Our study of Japan prompted Andrew to design his own Zen Garden.

In our attempt to get our heads on straight after Ralph was hurt we spent Sun. morning walking through the gardens at Callaway Gardens. This is a photo of the butterfly conservatory. My favorite place was Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden.
It was a nice distraction even though as Ashley put it "It feels like I have swallowed a rock."

Ralph remains unconscious at this time. His doctors say they expect he will wake up soon. Ashley and I are waiting for the report that says he is needing to be restrained. That will be a happy day.

Our weekend at Poplar Place Farm:

Dressage went smoothly with a score of 39.5.

Stadium was double clear but perhaps a little too enthusiastic on the part of Retto. He seems to be looking for bigger fences.

It was during Ashley's stadium round that her much loved trainer was injured when his horse hit a jump on the advanced cross country course. He was airlifted to the Columbus trauma unit and placed in ICU. He suffered multiple fractures but no brain, spinal or internal injury. His horse was fine. The mother in me said "load the kid up and get out of Dodge" but the daughter convinced me that she needed to ride. Sunday she rode her cross country and had another double clear round.

Ralph is still in intensive care at this time and remains heavily sedated. His two surgeries have reportedly gone well. We check his progress daily along with his thousands of adoring fans on his care page. We hope to have him back in Florida soon.

Ralph Hill on Independence Day at Poplar Place 2007.

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Off to Poplar!

Good Luck to these two! They head to the mountains of Georgia for a competition tomorrow. Anyone wishing to follow their progress can go to http://www.poplarplacefarm.com/ and check results for horse trials.

Hanging at the:

Spring Break...bring it on!

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Just a few glimpses of Ashley's lesson with Ralph yesterday.
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