My practice times were early today so that I had time to get Hercules cleaned up for the conditioning part of the competition and still get myself cleaned up for the big media party at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame tonight.

I fed Hercules and spent time grooming him. As soon as he was done eating I decided it would be good to go ahead and get my conditioning portion out of the way and try and beat the rush. Once I was done with the judges the Foundation put a Hip# on Hercules so that everyone could identify him through the competition and adoption. His number was #89.

I rode Hercules for my practice sessions and then had to head for the mandatory trainers meeting at noon. Janet and Vicky took this time to head to Office Depot to have signs and badges made up to get people to vote for Hercules for Mr. Congeniality.

Then we went back to the hotel to get cleaned up and ready for the big party.