Monthly Archives: April 2019

Looking Around, Where’s Waldo?

Horsekeeping   You may have noticed that the blog has been Milton-centric lately. Nothing nefarious. Rodney is fine. Rodney is out standing in his field. Rodney is taking foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeever to get over the world’s mildest lameness. Seriously, we once went to look at a sales horse who was more off than this. He was soldContinue reading “Looking Around, Where’s Waldo?”

Looking Forward, Aspirational XC

The Amoeba, i.e. lowest, level course from the show last weekend at Full Circle Horse Park [Show Report] . If I were a goal-setting sort of person, this would be our goal for November [This Is Why I Don’t Set Goals sidenote, just under 6 months later, we jumped the stadium course in the photo.Continue reading “Looking Forward, Aspirational XC”

Schadenfreude Saturday, My Pain Is Your Amusement

The following is a result of an exercise for The Write Start, a 21-day writing prompt program being run by See Jane Write. I can laugh about it now. Mostly. ~~~ English professors and I don’t get along. At least, not when they are acting in their professional capacity. My first term in college, IContinue reading “Schadenfreude Saturday, My Pain Is Your Amusement”

Our First Competition Course, Show Photos, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019

Jumping Diary   Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park April 6, 2019 [Show Report] [Show Report, Jumping] Jeremy Villar Photography There were dressage photos. I think we’ve all seen enough of those. Instead, our first jumps in competition, such as they were. Turtle steps. I’m massively overriding the height, but isn’t Milton adorable? AsContinue reading “Our First Competition Course, Show Photos, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019”

Our First Competition Course, Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019, Show Jumping

Jumping Diary   Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park April 6, 2019 [Show Report] Major Milton 23. 12″ Cross Rails. Clear Round Our first, nothing-almost-about-it, jumping class. After our good and bad days the week before, there were two questions: 1) How low would they build the fences? Could we trot over them asContinue reading “Our First Competition Course, Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019, Show Jumping”

Preliminaries Accomplished, Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019, Dressage

The Show Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA April 6, 2019 Major Milton Class 3 – 2019 USDF Intro Test A (Walk-Trot) – Adult, 1st of 2, with 61.875% Class 4 – 2019 USDF Intro Test B (Walk-Trot) – Adult, 3th of 4, with 59.062% Highest score: 7, various LowestContinue reading “Preliminaries Accomplished, Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019, Dressage”