Today I did not go hunting. Half of us went hunting with Thorton Hill, but since I had already hunted with them I was in the non-hunting group. We went to Kenross Farm first. It was a beautiful racing barn with high standards. Neil is in charge of the barn and he said "the harder we work the luckier we are." I thought that was great advice. We got to see them exercise the horses over hurdles which are like the steeple chase fences down in Aiken, big green half roll tops with plastic brush on the back side. That was a lot of fun. Then we got to go shopping in the town of Middleburg. It was fun to walk the streets with the everyone. We then went to the sporting library. That was really neat, but I unluckily slipped under the weather while there. We had time to kill after the library and before the Orange County Hunt party hosted by Ms. Mars as in Mars Candy Bars. I took that as a chance to take something for my head and sleep whatever was wrong away. Luckily that worked and I was good to go for the party. The party was lovely and we learned about what goes on at the Orange County Hunt Kennels on a daily basis and what they try to do to train and hunt the hounds. I also got to meet Ms. Mars. Later we were all invited back to one of the host families houses to hang out and eat pizza like teenagers. I taught everyone how to play ninja. It was awesome!!! It was a great day.
Victoria
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