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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”

Names Matter, PreShow, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019

Jumping Diary   tldr: Deciding on & practicing for a super-low show jumping class.   The words … I has them. Should we or shouldn’t we? Yes we should! Maybe not. Did we or didn’t we? Should we or shouldn’t we? After our raging success in our inaugural jump(ish) class on Saturday [Kinda, Sorta], itContinue reading “Names Matter, PreShow, Full Circle Horse Park, April 2019”