Saddle Seat Wednesday
Tuesday
I spent yesterday helping Stepping Stone Farm get ready for The Dixie Cup show this weekend: cleaning the trailer, making up haynets, loading haybales, finding room for those last few miscellaneous boxes, and so on, and so on. I miss this part of showing. Yes, even mucking the trailer. A clean trailer is a beautiful sight.
I miss getting my gear tidy and organized the week before.
I miss hitching truck to trailer and then standing back to contemplate my rig. I love knowing that I have a rig.
I miss braiding in the wee small hours while the horse dozes.
I miss those first few can-can steps a horse takes in leg wraps.
And so on.
Undoubtedly, I would have a better competition record if I had consigned myself to a hunter/jumper/eventing/dressage training barn rather than lurch through life as an AOT. But I would have missed a lot in the process.
Saturday
The irony is, I’m not showing this weekend. This show was to be the first test of my vow to show less this year [Revised Plan]. As it turns out, we are not taking Academy horses. So much for stressing my resolve.
Good luck to all horses and riders. Go Team Stepping Stone!
Thank you for reading,
Katherine Walcott
Virtual Brush Box 
I miss that part of showing too – the organization and strategic planning of making the ‘temporary barn’ – even if it’s the side of the trailer for the day – truly WORK well with everything in its place and handy and safe. I do get to vicariously do this when my goddaughter is showing, but I totally understand what you mean! I appreciate your taking the time to blog!! Have a great week, Elizabeth
Exactly! Glad there are still horses in your life, in some fashion. Clearly, you were a good choice for Godmother.
Go team! I’ll wear my sweatshirt this weekend in support.
Rah!